Henri de Régnier - Contes à soi-même - EO - 1894
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Henri de Régnier’s *Contes à soi-même* is a 1894 first edition published by Librairie de l'Art Indépendant, in a half-leather binding.
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RÉGNIER (Henri de). Contes à soi-même. Paris, Librairie de l'Art indépendant, 1894.
12mo, 194 pp., 17.3 cm x 12.5 cm. Half chocolate morocco, gilt fillet on the marbled-paper boards, spine with five raised bands, gilt title, date at foot, gilt top edge, untrimmed, original wrappers preserved, marbled-paper endpapers.
First edition. Henri de Régnier (1864–1936), one of the great poets of Symbolism, son-in-law of José-Maria de Heredia and future member of the Académie française, brings together here prose tales of dreamy preciosity, peopled with castles, gardens, and enchanted princesses; they would be republished in La Canne de jaspe in 1897.
The book was issued by Edmond Bailly's Librairie de l'Art indépendant, on the rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin, a major center of fin-de-siècle Symbolism and esotericism, where Mallarmé, Debussy, and Odilon Redon crossed paths. The title page bears, and the celebrated publisher's device is repeated on a full page: a winged mermaid designed by Félicien Rops, with the motto “This fish is not for everyone.”
Condition: a handsome copy, with fresh, well-executed binding. Paper uniformly browned, with a few foxing spots, more pronounced on the wrappers.
RÉGNIER (Henri de). Contes à soi-même. Paris, Librairie de l'Art indépendant, 1894.
12mo, 194 pp., 17.3 cm x 12.5 cm. Half chocolate morocco, gilt fillet on the marbled-paper boards, spine with five raised bands, gilt title, date at foot, gilt top edge, untrimmed, original wrappers preserved, marbled-paper endpapers.
First edition. Henri de Régnier (1864–1936), one of the great poets of Symbolism, son-in-law of José-Maria de Heredia and future member of the Académie française, brings together here prose tales of dreamy preciosity, peopled with castles, gardens, and enchanted princesses; they would be republished in La Canne de jaspe in 1897.
The book was issued by Edmond Bailly's Librairie de l'Art indépendant, on the rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin, a major center of fin-de-siècle Symbolism and esotericism, where Mallarmé, Debussy, and Odilon Redon crossed paths. The title page bears, and the celebrated publisher's device is repeated on a full page: a winged mermaid designed by Félicien Rops, with the motto “This fish is not for everyone.”
Condition: a handsome copy, with fresh, well-executed binding. Paper uniformly browned, with a few foxing spots, more pronounced on the wrappers.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Literature
Book title
Contes à soi-même - EO
Author/ Illustrator
Henri de Régnier
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1894
Height
17.3 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
12.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Librairie de l'Art Indépendant
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
194
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