BERTRAND (Louis). Gaspard de la Nuit. Fantasies in the Style of Rembrandt and Callot. Paris, Société d'Éditions d'Art “Le Livre et l'Estampe,” 1903. Small in-4°, red half-maroquin with corner pieces, gold fillet edging the covers, plain spine with decoration, gilt head, illustrated cover preserved (contemporary binding). 50 etchings by Jules FONTANEZ; vignette on the title page. Printed in an edition of 301 copies; this one (no. 5), initialed by the publisher, ONE OF THE 25 HEAD COPIES ON ANCIENT JAPANESE PAPER (based on a single copy), containing AN ADDITIONAL SET OF ILLUSTRATIONS in the first state with a note, A REJECTED PLATE (that of Chapter XXVII) with a note, and AN UNPUBLISHED ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING. Enclosed: two illustrated subscription prospectuses for this edition (one of which is bound in laid paper); and the illustrated prospectus for the Edouard Pelletan edition with the frontispiece engraved by Félicien ROPS (foxing and a tear).
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€250 - €300
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30%
BERTRAND (Louis).
Gaspard de la Nuit. Fantasies in the Style of Rembrandt and Callot. Paris, Société d'Éditions d'Art “Le Livre et l'Estampe,” 1903. Small in-4°, red half-maroquin with corner pieces, gold fillet edging the covers, plain spine with decoration, gilt head, illustrated cover preserved (contemporary binding).
50 etchings by Jules FONTANEZ; vignette on the title page.
Printed in an edition of 301 copies; this one (no. 5), initialed by the publisher, ONE OF THE 25 HEAD COPIES ON ANCIENT JAPANESE PAPER (based on a single copy), containing AN ADDITIONAL SET OF ILLUSTRATIONS in the first state with a note, A REJECTED PLATE (that of Chapter XXVII) with a note, and AN UNPUBLISHED ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING.
Enclosed: two illustrated subscription prospectuses for this edition (one of which is bound in laid paper); and the illustrated prospectus for the Edouard Pelletan edition with the frontispiece engraved by Félicien ROPS (foxing and a tear).
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