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235 - MOUTON (Eugène), Histoire de l'Invalide à la Tête de Bois. T…
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MOUTON (Eugène), Histoire de l'Invalide à la Tête de Bois. The homogeneous skeleton. The Ox. The Rooster of the Bell Tower. Illustrations by G. Clairin. Splendid mosaic binding signed Charles Meunier. Paris, Librairie d'Art, Ludovic Baschet, [1887]. One volume In-4 (310 x 220 mm). Lavallière morocco, large mosaic decoration in sand, brown and dark brown morocco on the first cover depicting a toy consisting of a wooden head attached to its bearer by a gold string. Spine with four nerves decorated with a male face mosaic in the centre. Spine with four nerves decorated with a mosaic of a male face in the centre, gilt edges, inner border decorated with special iron and mosaic face at the corners, moiré silk lining, illustrated cover and spine, slipcase. Binding signed Ch. Meunier. (2)-197 pp.n.ch., (3) pp. Spine a little faded. Some light foxing. Slipcase rubbed, beginning of small cracks to edges. First edition. Copy of the deluxe edition in-4 on satin vellum (after 30 on Japon). Remarkable collection of four tales by Eugène Mouton, decorated with 135 very fine illustrations by G. CLAIRIN, including 18 full-page illustrations, 15 of which are in colour; the illustrations in text are printed in colour, sepia and black. Beautiful portrait of the author by Mathey, lithographed & pasted on the frontispiece. An exceptional bookbinder, Charles Meunier (1866-1948) left his mark on the history of French bookbinding with a prolific and instantly recognisable body of work combining technical virtuosity and decorative experimentation. A pupil of Girodet and Gros who worked in the workshops of Marius Michel before founding his own firm, he was also a publisher, theorist and polemicist, signing emblematic bindings - notably for Les Fleurs du Mal illustrated by Schwabe and the Works of Victor Hugo - that today rank among the pinnacles of the art of bookbinding. A very fine copy.
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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