Francis de Miomandre / Grau Sala - Écrit sur de l'eau avec des gravures à l'eau-forte de Grau-Sala - 1947





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Francis de Miomandre / Grau Sala illustrate the edition of Écrit sur de l'eau avec des gravures à l'eau-forte de Grau-Sala, Paris 1947, 266 pages, in-4, édition illustrée with a chemise and étui, in excellent condition.
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A fine book for bibliophiles published by the Emile-Paul brothers and printed by Daragnès.
Premier presentation of the 32 etchings by Grau Sala printed in blue (apart from the color frontispiece), with a palette of shades ranging from midnight blue to electric blue, including ultramarine, indigo, navy, sapphire, and others.
Print run of 400 numbered copies, including 50 on Arches vellum and 350 on Lana vellum. This one is out of print, bearing on the justification the mention 'copy printed for the archives of the Printing House.'
Cover sheets under cover, illustrated front cover, and cardboard slipcase and box.
Condition: cover and interior impeccable, spine of the dust jacket barely touched, light marks on the case. In excellent condition.
Remarkable colorist (oil and water paintings, pastels), [...] Emilio Grau Sala illustrated several books: Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal, Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami, Colette's series of Claudine; Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Francis de Miomandre's Écrit sur de l'eau, and he also created lithographs, engravings, and posters.
Francis de Miomandre / Grau Sala
Written on water with water-etching engravings by Grau-Sala.
Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1947
in-4 (29.5 x 24 cm); 266 pages. 3 figures.
Seller's Story
A fine book for bibliophiles published by the Emile-Paul brothers and printed by Daragnès.
Premier presentation of the 32 etchings by Grau Sala printed in blue (apart from the color frontispiece), with a palette of shades ranging from midnight blue to electric blue, including ultramarine, indigo, navy, sapphire, and others.
Print run of 400 numbered copies, including 50 on Arches vellum and 350 on Lana vellum. This one is out of print, bearing on the justification the mention 'copy printed for the archives of the Printing House.'
Cover sheets under cover, illustrated front cover, and cardboard slipcase and box.
Condition: cover and interior impeccable, spine of the dust jacket barely touched, light marks on the case. In excellent condition.
Remarkable colorist (oil and water paintings, pastels), [...] Emilio Grau Sala illustrated several books: Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal, Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami, Colette's series of Claudine; Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Francis de Miomandre's Écrit sur de l'eau, and he also created lithographs, engravings, and posters.
Francis de Miomandre / Grau Sala
Written on water with water-etching engravings by Grau-Sala.
Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1947
in-4 (29.5 x 24 cm); 266 pages. 3 figures.

