Robert Engels / Joseph Bedier - Le Roman de Tristan et Yseut - 1900

Paris, H. Piazza Cie, 1900.

Grand In-4, Japan, paperback, illustrated cover. [8]pp. [136]pp. [8]pp.
130 woodcut compositions by Robert Engels, including the cover, half-title, colophon page, title page, tailpieces, 6 full-page compositions, and 118 within the text.
English Elzévir typographic composition from the Henri Chaix and Cie foundry.
Series on Japan in color and series on China in black. Subscription booklet with a sample print.
Original box from the publisher.

Very rare original edition on Japan of the Roman de Tristan and Iseut recomposed by Joseph Bedier and printed in 1900 in its original case. Non-numbered publisher's copy, formerly owned by Charles Masson, associate of Henri Piazza.

One of the great books from the Piazza editions from the early twentieth century, such as Antar (an Arabic heroic poem, color illustrations by E. Dinet, 1898) and Ise, Princess of Tripoli (lithographs by A. Mucha, Paris: Piazza, 1897). It impresses with the quantity of illustrations accompanying the story as well as the strength and beauty of the drawings, whose dark and powerful style aligns with the atmosphere one might imagine of this medieval period and the tragic story of Tristan and Iseult.

Iseut is written with a 'Y' on the subscription booklet and the box, and with an 'i' on the book.

For more information:
The fully digitized book on the BNF website: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1521861p/f9.planchecontact
Learn more about Robert Engels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Engels_(illustrator)

Condition: the box is scratched with age. The interior is in very good condition.