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284 - THEOCRITE. The Idylls. Translation by Leconte de Lisle.
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Estimate €600 - €800
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THEOCRITE. The Idylls. Translation by Leconte de Lisle. A remarkable copy of this edition decorated with 25 colour compositions by the painter René Menard, one of the 100 first copies reserved for members of the Society, printed for Monsieur Léon Comar, in an elegant mosaic binding by Georges Canape. Paris, Société du Livre d'Art, 1911. In-4 (220x290 mm), blue morocco, cold-framed ribbed spine, decorated with stamped and mosaicked fleurons in brown within a stamped and mosaicked pastille in green morocco, large stamped and mosaicked border frieze in brown, beige and duck blue morocco on the boards, inner band in the same morocco decorated with floral lace and the signature "Canape. R.D." in gilt, duck blue moiré silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, covers and spine preserved, edged slipcase (Canape). 146 pages, 25 colour compositions by René Menard wood-engraved by Jacques, Camille and Georges Beltrand, including 1 frontispiece, several headpieces, a title medallion and a final cul-de-lampe, ornaments drawn by Jacques Beltrand framing the text. Spine faded. Minor rubbing to edges of slipcase. Deluxe edition of the masterpiece by Theocritus of Syracuse, in the translation by Leconte de Lisle, illustrated in the first edition with 25 colour compositions by the symbolist painter René Menard (1862-1930), wood-engraved by Jacques, Camille and Georges Beltrand, with attractive ornaments drawn by Jacques Beltrand framing the text. Limited edition of 135 copies on Arches vellum, this being one of the 100 first copies reserved for members of the Society, printed for Mr Léon Comar and bearing No. 74. From the library of Léon Comar (1863-1932), with his bookplate on the first white endpaper. A very fine copy in mosaic morocco, perfectly established by Georges Canape (1864-1940).
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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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