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a brown leather book with flowers and leaves on itan image of a drawing of a group of people in a room
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1006 - France, Anatole
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Estimate €500 - €750
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France, Anatole Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche. With an enclosed original drawing, numerous colour illustrations and two sets of black-and-white and colour plates by Léon Lebègue. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1908. 8°. Original illustrated paperback bound in light brown full morocco with gold-stamped floral inlays on the spine and covers, gold-stamped title on the spine, fillets on the fore-edges, gold-stamped filets on the inner edges with corner fleurons, gilt top edge and marbled endpapers (occasionally faintly rubbed, spine slightly more so). Signed: Dervois Fils. One of 60 numbered copies of the special edition on China paper featuring both sets of illustrations. - The illustrations and ornaments, printed in gold and colour, are modelled on medieval book illumination. - Léon Lebègue (1863–1930) was a French lithographer, etcher, poster artist and illustrator. He studied under the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Paris Academy and began a career in the 1890s as an illustrator for satirical and artistic magazines. Lebègue is particularly well known for his numerous advertising posters. - The first sheet is slightly loose. A fine copy in a decorative binding. Includes an original drawing, numerous colour illustrations and two suites – one in black and one in colour – by Léon Lebègue. Illustrated original brochure bound in light brown full morocco with gilt-stamped floral inlays on the spine and covers, gilt spine title, standing edge fillets, gilt-stamped inner edge fillets with corner fleurons, gilt top edge and marbled endpapers (sporadically and inconspicuously rubbed, spine somewhat more heavily so). Signed: Dervois Fils. – One of 60 numbered copies of the special edition on China paper featuring the two suites. – The illustrations and ornaments, printed in gold and colour, imitate medieval book illumination. - Léon Lebègue (1863–1930) was a French lithographer, etcher, poster artist and illustrator. He studied under the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Paris Academy and began a career as an illustrator for satirical and artistic magazines. He is particularly known for his numerous advertising posters. - The first layer is slightly loose. A fine copy in a decorative binding. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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