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151 - FRANCE (Anatole) and JOU (Louis). Les Opinions de M. Jérôme …
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Estimate €500 - €1,000
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FRANCE (Anatole) and JOU (Louis). Les Opinions de M. Jérôme Coignard recueillies par Jacques Tournebroche. Charming edition decorated with 73 compositions by Louis Jou, in an elegant lined binding by Noulhac. Paris, Les Cent Bibliophiles, 1914. In-4 (240x300 mm), red jansenist morocco, spine with 4 cold-framed raised bands, inside listel in the same morocco signed "Noulhac, 1918", aubergine morocco lining framed with gilt fillet, red faille endpapers, double endpapers, illustrated covers and spine preserved, bordered slipcase (Noulhac, 1918). 234 pages, 73 woodcuts by Louis Jou, including one frontispiece, 23 full-page, and numerous vignettes, headpieces and initials, historiated by Louis Jou and printed in red and black. Minor rubbing to spine and edges, minor scuffing and slight browning of leather on boards. Beautiful edition of this satire of eighteenth-century French society by Anatole France, fully ruled and decorated with 73 woodcuts by Louis Jou, including 24 full-page engravings, as well as attractive vignettes, headpieces and initials, historiated and printed in red and black. Limited edition of 130 copies registered in the name of the first owner, this one No. 102, this one for Michel Calmann-Lévy (1880-1974), a great French collector and grandson of the founder of the famous publishing house. Pleasantly bound in doubled morocco by Noulhac.
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About the sale Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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