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56 - GAUTIER (Théophile). ENAMELS AND CAMEOS.
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Estimate €600 - €800
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GAUTIER (Théophile). ENAMELS AND CAMEOS. Preface by Maxime Du Camp. P., Conquet [Georges Chamerot], 1887. Small in-12½ Bradel format, navy blue morocco with corner pieces, gilt fillets on the covers, smooth, compartmentalised spine richly decorated with gilt ironwork, chains and fleurons, gilt title, cover plates with preserved colour illustrations (É. Carayon). NEW EDITION revised from the text of the definitive 1872 edition, expanded to include the poem ‘L’Esclave noir’, which did not appear in the latter. It is illustrated with 112 DRAWINGS by Gustave FRAIPONT (1849–1923). Subscriber’s copy containing, at the beginning of the volume, the SUPPLEMENT ‘Bonus for subscribers’, which comprises the 7-page poem entitled ‘Musée secret’ with a vignette by G. Fraipont at the top and a tailpiece. A copy ENRICHED with numerous items: an original graphite DRAWING by Théophile GAUTIER, a caricature of a soldier with his hands in his pockets, on a leaf (8.5 × 5.5 cm) pasted onto the second blank leaf - 2 original Indian ink SKETCHES by Louise ABBÉMA (1853–1927), with the handwritten text of the first two stanzas of “Affinités secrètes” (variants of the final text), on a sheet mounted onto the first blank sheet - Original WATERCOLOUR (12 × 6.5 cm) by Claudius POPELIN (1825–1892) depicting Gautier wearing a cap, full-length and in profile, mounted onto a loose sheet - 2 illustrator’s DRAWINGS by G. FRAIPONT on 2 loose sheets (16.5 × 11 cm) of card stock for pages 3 and 49 of the collection - An ETCHING (11.5 × 8.5 cm) by Th. GAUTIER, entitled “Arabella”, dated “1830”, mounted on the blank sheet preceding the book’s half-title page; it corresponds to reference ‘G. 12797’ at the Musée Carnavalet - A FACSIMILE of the handwritten poem “Les Joujoux de la morte” on a folded sheet - Two PROSPECTUSES for the edition: a double-page, 4-page SUBSCRIPTION leaflet featuring a colour illustration and an 8-page SPECIMEN of the work in a special cover entitled “Supplement to the 10 December 1887 issue of Le Livre”. A BEAUTIFUL COPY, elegantly bound by Émile CARAYON (1843–1909), with a decorative spine and a fresh block, free from foxing.
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