Jean de La Fontaine - Les Amours de Psyché et Cupidon - plein maroquin de Durvand - 1899
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Jean de La Fontaine, Les Amours de Psyché et Cupidon, a two-volume 1899 deluxe illustrated edition limited to 250 copies on vélin (no. 162) with 26 engravings by Vigna-Vigneron and a preface by Jules Claretie; bindings signed by Durvand in full black morocco with gilt edging in a Bozerian-inspired design, very good condition with slight spine cracking and minor defects.
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Jean de La Fontaine, The Amours of Psyche and Cupid.
Paris, Théophile Belin, 1899. 2 volumes, quarto, 96 pages & 144 pages.
Magnificent illustrated edition with 26 engravings by Vigna-Vigneron, printed in only 250 copies on vellum (No. 162), with a preface by Jules Claretie.
Each engraving is issued in three states: the definitive colored state, the black state with the letter, and a bistre state in the line before the letter. At the end of each volume there is the color decomposition of an engraving (4 engravings each time).
The edition’s subscription prospectus is bound in.
Binding signed Durvand, full black long-grain morocco, smooth decorated spine, decorated covers, ornament in the 1800s taste (Bozerian style), gilt edges. Hinges slightly cracked, minor defects.
Magnificent copy, rare.
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Trois Plumes bookstore (Angers).
Bookseller since 2011, working mainly by correspondence and sometimes at exhibitions.
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Translated by Google TranslateJean de La Fontaine, The Amours of Psyche and Cupid.
Paris, Théophile Belin, 1899. 2 volumes, quarto, 96 pages & 144 pages.
Magnificent illustrated edition with 26 engravings by Vigna-Vigneron, printed in only 250 copies on vellum (No. 162), with a preface by Jules Claretie.
Each engraving is issued in three states: the definitive colored state, the black state with the letter, and a bistre state in the line before the letter. At the end of each volume there is the color decomposition of an engraving (4 engravings each time).
The edition’s subscription prospectus is bound in.
Binding signed Durvand, full black long-grain morocco, smooth decorated spine, decorated covers, ornament in the 1800s taste (Bozerian style), gilt edges. Hinges slightly cracked, minor defects.
Magnificent copy, rare.
Seller's Story
Trois Plumes bookstore (Angers).
Bookseller since 2011, working mainly by correspondence and sometimes at exhibitions.
Purchase / Sale / Expertise of old and modern books, autographs, documents.
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Number of books
1
Subject
Fine Bindings, Illustrated, Literature
Book title
Les Amours de Psyché et Cupidon - plein maroquin de Durvand
Author/ Illustrator
Jean de La Fontaine
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1899
Edition
1st Edition
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
96144
