Gaspard Lavater - L'art de connaître les hommes par la physionomie - 1835
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Amédee Varin, Eug. Nus, and Antony Méray - Les papillons. Tome second - 1852
Nr. 79710673
Amédee Varin, Eug. Nus, and Antony Méray - Les papillons. Tome second - 1852
Amédee Varin, Eug. Nus, and Antony Méray - Les papillons : Tome second
An extremely rare, decorative, high-end collector's item.
- Undated (published circa 1852)
- 14 full-page colour plates (complete)
- Highly-decorative, ornate bindings
Overall good/fair condition -
- Gilt lettering and decorations to leather spine
- 4 raised bands to spine
- Satin-patterned front and rear end-papers
The text by Nus and Meray are illustrated with fanciful-inspired and characterized butterflies by Amédée Varin. The beautiful hand-colored illustrations are like those seen in Grandville, Les Papillons. They show anthropomorphic depictions of butterflies in a precursor of Surrealism.
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