HOMÈRE - LATENAY Gaston. Nausikaa

Paris, L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza et Cie, 1899

This episode, Nausikaa, translated by Leconte de Lisle, forms the sixth Rhapsody of the Odyssey.

Large In-4 (275x320mm) of: white ff. - title frontispiece - half-title - [50]pp. - white ff.. Paperback, illustrated cover.
52 decorative compositions, cover, decorated letters, fleurons and tailpieces executed by Gaston de Latenay.
Plates engraved by Ruckert et Cie, colored with stencil by the Greningaire workshops.

Edition of 400 numbered copies. Copy offered. Ex. Dono from the publishers.

Magnificent and unique book illustrated by Gaston de Latenay, in a style that could seem very contemporary and very poetic to us.
The artist masters the work of compositions around texts or full-page illustrations. We will admire the full and empty spaces left by certain elements such as trees or clouds creating subtle plays of forms inspired by Japan or in the manner of Henri Rivière (https://sagot-legarrec.fr/oeuvre/estampe/estampe-moderne/les-derniers-rayons-henri-riviere/).

For more information:
The work is fully digitized on the BNF website: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1049480g/f19.planchecontact

Condition: unpaperbacked book, stained cover.