Marcel Proust / André Dunoyer de Segonzac (ill.) - Un amour de Swann - 1950
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Marcel Proust’s *Un amour de Swann*, illustrated with an original frontispiece lithograph by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, is a limited 1950 edition.
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Marcel PROUST – A Swann's Way of Love.
Original lithograph at the frontispiece by André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (Proust on his deathbed), printed by the Mourlot brothers.
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale – André Sauret, editor, 1950 (completed printing on 14 November 1950). 304 pages. Format: 23.5 x 17.5 cm.
Fourth volume of the collection of the “Grand Prix des meilleurs romans du demi-siècle.” Text hand-set in roman type of the King designed by Grandjean in 1699 by order of Louis XIV.
DELUXE COPY: one of 300 copies numbered in Roman numerals on Arches grand vélin, with the second state of the frontispiece on Chinese paper (present, see photos). Copy no. XLI. Total print run: 300 copies on Arches grand vélin, 3000 copies on Arches rag and 100 copies H.C. Compositions destroyed and the printing stone erased.
In sheets, uncut and untrimmed (to all margins), cover printed under glassine, slipcase with vellum-like back adorned with gold fillets and case illustrated with signatures of writers.
Condition: very good overall. Interior fresh, uncut copy, Arches paper with wide margins. Slight signs of handling on the slipcase and the box. See photos.
Careful shipping and well protected.
Marcel PROUST – A Swann's Way of Love.
Original lithograph at the frontispiece by André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (Proust on his deathbed), printed by the Mourlot brothers.
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale – André Sauret, editor, 1950 (completed printing on 14 November 1950). 304 pages. Format: 23.5 x 17.5 cm.
Fourth volume of the collection of the “Grand Prix des meilleurs romans du demi-siècle.” Text hand-set in roman type of the King designed by Grandjean in 1699 by order of Louis XIV.
DELUXE COPY: one of 300 copies numbered in Roman numerals on Arches grand vélin, with the second state of the frontispiece on Chinese paper (present, see photos). Copy no. XLI. Total print run: 300 copies on Arches grand vélin, 3000 copies on Arches rag and 100 copies H.C. Compositions destroyed and the printing stone erased.
In sheets, uncut and untrimmed (to all margins), cover printed under glassine, slipcase with vellum-like back adorned with gold fillets and case illustrated with signatures of writers.
Condition: very good overall. Interior fresh, uncut copy, Arches paper with wide margins. Slight signs of handling on the slipcase and the box. See photos.
Careful shipping and well protected.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Literature
Book title
Un amour de Swann
Author/ Illustrator
Marcel Proust / André Dunoyer de Segonzac (ill.)
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1950
Height
23.5 cm
Edition
Limited edition
Width
17.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
André Sauret / Imprimerie Nationale
Binding/ Material
Softback
Extras
Slipcase, Tipped in plates
Number of pages
304
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