GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von). Faust. Translated by Gérard de NERVAL. Preface by M. FRANTZ-JOURDAIN. Paris, Printed for La Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1904. In-4°, brown half-maroquin, ribbed spine, gilt head, original illustrated cover preserved (bound by M. Ritter). Seventeen heliogravures by Gaston JOURDAIN, including sixteen plates and one repeated as a vignette on the title page. Printed in an edition of 420 copies; this one (no. XXVIII) is ONE OF THE 15 ON CHINE PAPER, containing AN ADDITIONAL SEQUENCE on chine paper in bistre and avant la lettre. Copy enhanced with ONE ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWING and ONE REJECTED PLATE in bistre and avant la lettre. Some foxing, mainly on the edges.
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€150 - €200
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30%
GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von).
Faust. Translated by Gérard de NERVAL. Preface by M. FRANTZ-JOURDAIN. Paris, Printed for La Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1904. In-4°, brown half-maroquin, ribbed spine, gilt head, original illustrated cover preserved (bound by M. Ritter).
Seventeen heliogravures by Gaston JOURDAIN, including sixteen plates and one repeated as a vignette on the title page.
Printed in an edition of 420 copies; this one (no. XXVIII) is ONE OF THE 15 ON CHINE PAPER, containing AN ADDITIONAL SEQUENCE on chine paper in bistre and avant la lettre.
Copy enhanced with ONE ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWING and ONE REJECTED PLATE in bistre and avant la lettre.
Some foxing, mainly on the edges.
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