{"title":"XXeme","description":"\u003cp\u003eanne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maeterlinck-maurice-giraldon-adolphe-la-vie-des-abeilles","title":"MAETERLINCK Maurice - GIRALDON Adolphe. La Vie des Abeilles","description":"\u003cp\u003eParis, Librairie des amateurs, A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, Succ. 1914-1918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations by Adolphe Giraldon engraved in color by Ernest Florian.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge In-8 (262x181 mm) of [2] ff. 258 pp. \u003cstrong\u003ean unpublished watercolor by Adolphe Giraldon\u003c\/strong\u003e, 3 states of the wood, the decomposition of the colors of a plate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Giraldon_Maeterlinck_Vie_Abeilles.jpg?v=1730648954\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalf black Moroccan with corner, flat spine with gilded title. Marbled paper guards. Cover preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/07_Giraldon_Maeterlinck_Vie_Abeilles.jpg?v=1730652700\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeading copy No. 27 on Grand Japon Impérial. Containing 32 watercolors by Adolphe Giraldon engraved on wood in color by Ernest Florian. This very complete book is composed of a frontispiece and 7 chapters each comprising 1 illustrated title page, 1 header and 1 tailpiece. The 2 states in color are bound in the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Giraldon_Maeterlinck_Vie_Abeilles.jpg?v=1730652702\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVery beautiful work by Adolphe Giraldon (1855-1933) in which the Marseille artist with a perfectly mastered Art Nouveau style expresses all his virtuosity in ornamental design. The chapter title pieces and the lamp bases, a combination of figurative objects and geometric art nouveau ornaments, perfectly introduce and conclude the chapters. They are like a small visual reward as you read. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Giraldon_Maeterlinck_Vie_Abeilles.jpg?v=1730652701\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther examples of this type of ornamentation magnificently executed by the artist can be found in the books \"Les Eclogues\" or \"Les Nuits\". In addition to the style of the drawing, we will also recognize the artist's characteristic chromy which introduces a dreamlike atmosphere in most of his books or paintings. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Giraldon_Maeterlinck_Vie_Abeilles.jpg?v=1730652701\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the artist's main strength lies in his ability to represent nature in paintings that transport you into colorful and misty atmospheres but with a striking realism. Here, in \"La vie des Abeilles\" there are scenes of work with hives that pay homage to all the nobility of beekeeping and Maeterlink's text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/06_Giraldon_Maeterlinck_Vie_Abeilles.jpg?v=1730652702\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition :\u003c\/strong\u003e Book in excellent condition. Binding rubbed on the corners and on the headcaps and lower cut. Rubbing at the level of the title under the A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSought-after and listed edition. Carteret, 4, 259\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49698945794388,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Giraldon_Maeterlinck_Vie_Abeilles.jpg?v=1729971721"},{"product_id":"samain-albert-au-jardin-de-linfante-ill-schwabe","title":"SAMAIN Albert - SCHWABE Carlos. Au Jardin de l'Infante","description":"\u003cp\u003eParis, Le livre contemporain, 1908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompositions by Carlos Schwabe engraved on wood by J. C. G. M. Beltrand.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (257x183mm) of [1] f. with 1 frontispiece plate, 3 plates, 144 pp in 18 notebooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook in loose notebooks with folded printed cover.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal folder and slipcase with title label on the spine.\u003cbr\u003eCollection of poems by Albert Samain, punctuated by quotes from famous poets: Edgar Allan Poe, Stéphane Mallarmé, Villier de l'Isle-Adam, Charles Baudelaire and Virgil. Most of the poems are dedicated to famous people contemporary to the author.\u003cbr\u003eFrontispiece plus 3 frontispiece essays, 8 plates outside the text and grayscale floral compositions in symbolist style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrint run for the Société Le Livre Contemporain, 120 numbered copies. \u003cstrong\u003eHere is copy No. 100 for Mr. L. COMAR.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImpressive book by Carlos Schwabe, with a graphic style that is always so disconcerting. The book is fully illustrated, the floral compositions, of a very great visual diversity, push the imagination and perfectly accompany the poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/20_DETAIL_Schwabe_Samain_Jardin_Infante.jpg?v=1730649398\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eBy using several shades of gray, Carlos Schwabe manages to bring a volume that breaks any weariness of the drawing as you read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/16_DETAIL_Schwabe_Samain_Jardin_Infante.jpg?v=1730645054\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs with most of the books illustrated by the artist, the text\/image composition is very tasteful and perfectly balanced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/18_DETAIL_Schwabe_Samain_Jardin_Infante.jpg?v=1730645058\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eFinally, the orange-toned plates, reminiscent of a charcoal drawing, strike with an even deeper volume than the floral compositions, thanks to chiaroscuro ranging from black\/gray\/orange\/white.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/17_DETAIL_Schwabe_Samain_Jardin_Infante.jpg?v=1730645051\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subjects of the drawings plunge us into an almost nightmarish dreamlike quality, there is always something disturbing in Schwabe's characters: the posture, the face, the proportions that are never perfect. Which makes him an artist who is always apart, like this book that is unlike any other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/19_DETAIL_Schwabe_Samain_Jardin_Infante.jpg?v=1730645046\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition : \u003c\/strong\u003every well preserved book that has kept all its freshness in terms of colors, paper and cover. The folder and case are worn. There is a 4 cm tear at the bottom of the frontispiece that does not alter the image.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/13_Schwabe_Samain_Jardin_Infante.jpg?v=1730581401\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBelle édition recherchée et cotée. Carteret IV:355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo learn more :\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePete Beard documentary about Carlos Schwabe and his art : \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2JJMQOy1ZBo?si=I2rCp78OF5N5ydnA\" title=\"Vidéo de présentation de Carlos Schwabe\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/2JJMQOy1ZBo?si=I2rCp78OF5N5ydnA\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eConsult all the book on the BNF website : \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15222378\/f17.planchecontact\" title=\"Au jardin de l'Infante version numérisée sur Galica\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15222378\/f17.planchecontact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15222378\/f17.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49699854582100,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Schwabe_Samain_Jardin_Infante.jpg?v=1729971086"},{"product_id":"pouchkine-alexandre-gontcharova-natalia-conte-de-tsar-saltan-et-de-son-fils-le-glorieux-et-puissant-prince-guidon-saltanovitch-et-de-sa-belle-princesse-cygne","title":"POUCHKINE Alexandre - GONTCHAROVA Natalia. Conte de Tsar Saltan et de son fils le glorieux et puissant prince Guidon Saltanovitch et de sa belle princesse Cygne","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, La Sirène\u003c\/em\u003e, 1921\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (290x220mm) in unbound notebook, in a folder decorated with stencil, the inside of the folder is composed of a decoration of leafy branches on a yellow background.\u003cbr\u003e24 compositions illustrated and decorated by the artist, including 10 out of text, by Natalia Gontcharova, colored with stencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 599 copies, one of five hundred and twenty-nine on Vélin de Rives paper No. 552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Gontcharova_Pouchkine_Conte_tsar_saltan-Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731267301\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNathalia Gontcharova is the great-grandniece of Natalia Nikolaïevna Gontcharova, Pushkin's wife.\u003cbr\u003eShe is a major figure of the Russian avant-garde, who immigrated to Switzerland in 1915 then to Paris in 1918. She expressed herself as much through writing as through painting, illustration or scenography. In 1914, she notably created the sets for Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Gontcharova_Pouchkine_Conte_tsar_saltan-Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731267301\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNathalia Gontchrova is associated with the cubist and futurist movements of her time, which can be seen in the drawings of Tsar Saltan. Very expressive scenes emerge from it thanks to the style of the drawing but also thanks to the bright colors applied with stencils. The initials, ornaments, patterns and lamp bases, plant ornaments or mini scenes from the story, bring a very special atmosphere to the reading of the tale and transport us into the graphic universe of the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/03_Gontcharova_Pouchkine_Conte_tsar_saltan-Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731267301\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis universe, sometimes abstract, sometimes figurative, deconstructed, cubic, turns out to be very eclectic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite this visual diversity, all of Nathalia Gontcharova's works have the same strength, an expression of life that makes the identity of the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_Gontcharova_Pouchkine_Conte_tsar_saltan-Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731267302\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooks illustrated by Nathalia Gontcharova are difficult to find and see. They are always magnificent.\u003cbr\u003eIf you have an illustrated book, do not hesitate to contact the bookstore.\u003cbr\u003eHere are some examples:\u003cbr\u003eLa Cité. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParis, 1920\u003c\/span\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=5d9046e69052c630\u0026amp;amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enFR1108FR1108\u0026amp;amp;q=la+cit%C3%A9+natalia+gontcharova\u0026amp;amp;udm=2\u0026amp;amp;fbs=AEQNm0CbCVgAZ5mWEJDg6aoPVcBgTlosgQSuzBMlnAdio07UCCJug3WzoI_0_7bcYmDUufy%20iZo0OmOGEiyRGYAdeCNb_tgonlqxDXOkzLGfvcTq6KyG2-GEkd6NM0jra8ChYFqVDIOc4NAj4qZNRycf-eBlQy99_ce1czr%20cvtn91z0JUXppOVm8\u0026amp;amp;sa=X\u0026amp;amp;ved=2ahUKEwjC5Zv11fWJAxWtRKQEHaHQAAMQtKgLegQIFBAB\u0026amp;amp;biw=1792\u0026amp;amp;bih=974\u0026amp;amp;dpr=2\" title=\"Voir les images sur google image\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egoogle images\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDie Mär von der Heerfahrt Igors. Munich, 1923 : \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=5d9046e69052c630\u0026amp;amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enFR1108FR1108\u0026amp;amp;q=prince+igor+gon%20tcharova\u0026amp;amp;udm=2\u0026amp;amp;fbs=AEQNm0CbCVgAZ5mWEJDg6aoPVcBgTlosgQSuzBMlnAdio07UCCJug3WzoI_0_7bcYmDUufyiZo0OmOGEi%20yRGYAdeCNb_3CR8fNbE8Wl7q_OhVGvUhZyGTL3X8iqfnTRyNwaK_8Hom0E2x8KK1HV0dpF5vkD7nwtVcFeGgMXABZvmcU7BFX1qT%20kgJW_F64LNHF5fJCeRmJb6r\u0026amp;amp;sa=X\u0026amp;amp;ved=2ahUKEwjtk4yt1vWJAxXKVKQEHfPGD3YQtKgLegQIHxAB\u0026amp;amp;biw=1792\u0026amp;amp;bih=974\u0026amp;amp;dpr=2\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egoogle images\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/07_Gontcharova_Pouchkine_Conte_tsar_saltan-Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731267301\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVery good condition inside and out. The pouch attachment is missing, which is very often the case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/12_Gontcharova_Pouchkine_Conte_tsar_saltan-Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731267301\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49700134420820,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Gontcharova_Pouchkine_Conte_tsar_saltan.jpg?v=1731267256"},{"product_id":"mendes-catulle-levangile-de-lenfance-de-n-s-j-c-ill-schwabe","title":"MENDÈS Catulle - SCHWABE Carlos. L'Évangile de l'enfance de N.S.J.C","description":"\u003cp\u003eL’Évangile de l’Enfance de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ selon Saint-Pierre. Mis en français par Catulle Mendès d’après le manuscrit de l’Abbaye de Saint Wolfgang. Composition et encadrement de Carloz Schwabe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParis, Armand Colin \u0026amp; Cie Éditeurs, [1894 (Carteret V:73) ]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuxury edition limited to 150 copies on vellum. This one No. 30. with a double series of engravings (including one on chine).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4° (330x250mm). Half brown Moroccan with corners, marbled paper covers, smooth spine with mosaic and gilded symbolist decoration. Gilded top edge. Marbled paper endpapers and endpapers. Cover preserved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/12_Schwabe_Mendes_Evangile_Enfance_Jesus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450989\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated edition in chromotypography of 120 pages of extraordinarily meticulous and original frames with dreamlike symbolist themes and plates outside the texts with striking figuration. In the image of the mysticism of this apocryphal gospel, which tells the story of the childhood of Jesus, his life and his miracles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/19_Schwabe_Mendes_Evangile_Enfance_Jesus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1733044085\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach page is a visual tour de force, striking in its strangeness and originality. Encouraging the fatasms that can be generated by readings of this type of gospel. Where one wishes to detect a new truth in each story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/17_Schwabe_Mendes_Evangile_Enfance_Jesus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1733044085\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book was exhibited at the Salon Rose Croix of 1892, an important artistic gathering, and made Carlos Schwabe famous.\u003cbr\u003e(the artist also made the poster for the event: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b9013791r\/f1.item.zoom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b9013791r\/f1.item.zoom\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eL’Évangile de l’Enfance is one of the great revolutionary books of its time, like l’Histoire des Quatre fils Aymon, Paris, H. Launette, 1883 illustrated by Eugène Grasset and Ilsée Princess de Tripolis, Paris, Piazza, 1900 illustrated by Alphonse Mucha.\u003cbr\u003eThese richly illustrated works where text mixes with illustration and where ornament accompanies the story like a comic strip offer extremely creative text\/image compositions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/18_Schwabe_Mendes_Evangile_Enfance_Jesus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1733044085\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey impress with their visionary iconographic mastery in both ornament and illustration. Few artists can do it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/08_Schwabe_Mendes_Evangile_Enfance_Jesus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450989\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe preface relates that Catullus Mendes, on holiday in Switzerland at Saint-Wolfgang (Sankt Wolfgang), was received by the Dominicans of the abbey and was able to visit the library. The Dominicans showed him their almost complete collection of apocryphal gospels. There was the gospel of Saint Jude, the gospel of Saint Barnabas, the gospel of the twelve apostles, the gospel according to the Egyptians, the proto-evangelium of Saint James the Minor, the gospel of Joseph the carpenter, etc.\u003cbr\u003eA gospel of the infancy caught his attention, knowing certain versions, this one seemed unknown to him, Saint Peter being mentioned as the author.\u003cbr\u003eThe writer obtained a copy of the precious manuscript from the Prior and on his return to Paris he compared his Evangelium Infantiae to those known until then.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Schwabe_Mendes_Evangile_Enfance_Jesus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450989\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighly sought after and very hard to find deluxe edition, with a dedication by Carlos Schwabe for Madame J. Hanin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Schwabe_Mendes_Evangile_Enfance_Jesus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450989\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo learn more : \u003c\/strong\u003esee the complete book on the BNF website :\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1525851j\/f22.planchecontact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1525851j\/f22.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Book in excellent condition. Minor rubbing on the lower edge of the marbled paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49846214132052,"sku":null,"price":2650.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/22_Schwabe_Mendes_Evangile_Enfance_Jesus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1779224882"},{"product_id":"pouchkine-alexandre-zworykine-alexandre-boris-godounov","title":"POUCHKINE Alexandre - ZWORYKINE Alexandre. Boris Godounov","description":"\u003cp\u003eParis, Édition d'Art H. Piazza, 1927\u003cbr\u003eSmall In-4 (235x175mm) of [2] ff. 1 watercolor, 138 pp. and 15 illustrations with black and color suite, [3] ff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJansenist binding in full dark green Moroccan. Spine with five ribs with title piece in gilded characters. Gilded edges. Cap notch decorated with gilded lines. Cut, edges of the outer covers accompanied by a gilded fillet in their center.\u003cbr\u003eEnd covers made of a mosaic floral decoration. This decoration, identical on the 2 end covers is on dark brown Moroccan leather. It is framed with gilded fillets and dots. The 19th century style ornamental compositions are in 3 shades, red, green and beige and structured by gilded fillets. Endpapers laminated with marbled paper. Covers and spine preserved. Shirt and slipcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopy No. 4 on Japanese Imperial paper with a suite in black and a suite in color of illustrations and an original watercolor by Boris Zworykine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_GodounovCasaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731170690\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_GodounovCasaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731170690\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe binding is signed LANOÉ Charles Louis Lucien. Bookplate of the French deputy Albert Dubosc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_GodounovCasaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731170691\" alt=\"\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_GodounovCasaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731170691\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBoris Godunov is a tragic play written by Alexander Pushkin in 1825 and published in 1831. This drama, which is part of Russian history, is magnificently illustrated and decorated by Boris Zworykine whose style reinforces the power of the text.\u003cbr\u003eThe artist, born in Moscow, created murals in the churches of the imperial village of Tsarskoe Zelo (today Pushkin City) near Saint Petersburg, before immigrating to Paris in 1921. He then decorated the Orthodox Church of Christ the Savior in Asnières-sur-Seine.\u003cbr\u003eHis style, close to Russian Orthodox icons, is built with strong and precise lines with bright colors. It is a wonder for the eyes.\u003cbr\u003eHe also created with H. Piazza the magnificent book of the Golden Cockerel, entirely illustrated with lithographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/06_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_GodounovCasaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731170690\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/06_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_GodounovCasaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731170690\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/03_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_GodounovCasaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731248782\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/03_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_GodounovCasaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731248782\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe spine of the case is sunned. The book is in perfect condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_GodounovCasaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731170690\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_GodounovCasaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731170690\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo learn more about the illustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boris_Zvorykine\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boris_Zvorykine\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boris_Zvorykine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can see all the scanned book on the BNF website :\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1522739t.r=boris%20zworykine?rk=21459;2\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1522739t.r=boris%20zworykine?rk=21459;2\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1522739t.r=boris%20zworykine?rk=21459;2\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49846214852948,"sku":null,"price":3600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Zvorykine_Pouchkine_Boris_Godounov.jpg?v=1731170650"},{"product_id":"schwabe-mendes-catulle-hesperus","title":"MENDÈS Catulle - SCHWABE Carlos. Hespérus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Société de la propagation des livres rares. 1904\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge In-8, 290x210mm, 51 ff. unbound, folded cover illustrated in color and gold inlay. Illustrated with 34 compositions by Carlos Schwabe watercolored in color and inlaid with silver: cover, 6 half-titles, frontispiece, 12 full-page plates, 14 vignettes and tailpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLUXURY COPY on Imperial Japanese paper with a suite of all the illustrations printed in black on China paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopy No. XXXV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/14_Schwabe_Catulle_Mendes_Hesperus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450881\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOften cited as one of the most beautiful art nouveau books in sales catalogs, it is certainly one of Carlos Schwabe's greatest successes. For us, it is one of the most beautiful modern illustrated books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/15_Schwabe_Catulle_Mendes_Hesperus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450882\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads between symbolism and art nouveau, the artist's original compositions seize us as much by their strangeness as by their beauty. The deep colors sometimes encrusted with silver as well as the meticulous lines creating a disturbing, almost nightmarish reality make this book quite special.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Schwabe_Catulle_Mendes_Hesperus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450882\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are times when experience, circumstances, chance, make you bring together the ingredients, which between them, will create the perfect recipe.\u003cbr\u003eThe Japanese paper, its format, the rendering of the watercolor on the paper, the illustrations as much in their mass as in their subject, the framing, the text\/image compositions, the adjustment of the typography. This book is as a whole perfectly balanced and successful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/12_Schwabe_Catulle_Mendes_Hesperus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450882\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Schwabe_Catulle_Mendes_Hesperus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450882\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very light foxing on 3 sheets of the suite on china. Otherwise this copy is in an almost perfect condition, as it could have been when it left the printer 120 years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/13_Schwabe_Catulle_Mendes_Hesperus_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450881\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo learn more:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA documentary by Pete Beard on Carlos Schwabe and his art:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2JJMQOy1ZBo?si=I2rCp78OF5N5ydnA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/2JJMQOy1ZBo?si=I2rCp78OF5N5ydnA\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo be consulted in full on the BNF website:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1065326n\/f23.planchecontact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1065326n\/f23.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50569365651796,"sku":null,"price":2700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Schwabe_Catulle_Mendes_Hesperus.jpg?v=1731449811"},{"product_id":"lebegue-france-anatole-histoire-de-dona-maria-davalos-et-du-duc-dandria","title":"FRANCE Anatole - LEBÈGUE Léon. Histoire de doña Maria d'Avalos et du duc d'Andria","description":"\u003cp\u003eParis, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1902.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (270x206mm) of 36 pp. with continuation in black of the illustrations bound in the text.\u003cbr\u003eFull black Moroccan, spine with 5 ribs with gilded title piece. Floral composition in gilded iron in the art nouveau style identical on both covers. Inside covers and endpapers covered with a canvas printed with abstract shapes in shades of blue. The Moroccan extends onto the edges of the inside covers and forms a frame in which we find gilded vilets. 2nd and 3rd endpapers in marbled paper. Upper edge gilded. Illustrated cover preserved with condition in black. Slipcase.\u003cbr\u003eBinding signed René Kieffer. Ex libris Bibliothèque Jacques Odry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Histoire_Dona_Maria_Alvalos_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731451610\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e38 color compositions by Léon Lebègue with cover, half-title, justification, vignettes and text frame. The book takes up the style of illuminated manuscripts with ruled frames, Gothic-style typography and illustrations framing the text. The text is also hand-calligraphed by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition of 240 copies. One of 25 copies on Japanese paper. No. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/07_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Histoire_Dona_Maria_Alvalos_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731451610\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst luxury edition of this tale from Le Puits de Sainte-Claire by Anatole France. It tells the tragic love story between Doña Maria d’Avalos, wife of the Prince of Venosa, and the Duke of Andria.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Histoire_Dona_Maria_Alvalos_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1733679309\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemarkable work of composition by Léon Lebègue. An accomplished artist, whom history has unfortunately (a little) forgotten. The compositions are as impressive from afar as in detail. Everything is perfectly executed, the calligraphy, the ornaments and the character scenes. A medieval atmosphere full of details.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Histoire_Dona_Maria_Alvalos_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731451610\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e small rubbing on the spine of the binding at the level of the foot hinge. Small tear on the canvas of the inside cover at the level of the inner hinge. Good condition for the rest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/06_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Histoire_Dona_Maria_Alvalos_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731451610\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe digitized book on the BNF website:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b86002467\/f1.planchecontact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b86002467\/f1.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover other works illustrated by Léon Lebègue:\u003cbr\u003eLa Caution (Anatole France): \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b86002660\/f9.planchecontact.r=L%C3%A9on%20Lebegue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b86002660\/f9.planchecontact.r=L%C3%A9on%20Lebegue\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePervenche (Bouchor): \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k65654267\/f9.planchecontact.r=L%C3%A9on%20Lebegue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k65654267\/f9.planchecontact.r=L%C3%A9on%20Lebegue\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLa Bièvre (J.K. Huysmans): \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k64612069\/f19.planchecontact.r=L%C3%A9on%20Lebegue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k64612069\/f19.planchecontact.r=L%C3%A9on%20Lebegue\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist's Wikipedia: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%A9on_Leb%C3%A8gue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%A9on_Leb%C3%A8gue\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50569391210836,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Histoire_Dona_Maria_Alvalos.jpg?v=1731449787"},{"product_id":"dinet-ben-ibrahim-sliman-khadra-danseuse-ouled-nail","title":"BEN IBRAHIM Sliman - DINET Etienne - RACIM Mohammed. Khadra, Danseuse Ouled Naïl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Piazza éditeur, 1926\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-8 (230x165 mm), paperback, illustrated cover folded with orientalist decoration, slipcase with arabesque decoration, 178 pages. Composed of 16 color illustrations by the orientalist Etienne Dinet watercolored with stencils, including 10 full-page out-of-text illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/08_Dinet_ben_Ibrahim_Khadra_danseuse_Ouled_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450562\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA magnificent chapter text page and frontispiece title richly illuminated by Mohammed Racim with frames, initials and tailpieces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Dinet_ben_Ibrahim_Khadra_danseuse_Ouled_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450562\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book was co-written between Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim and tells a love story between Khadra, a practitioner of a traditional dance and a young nomad in a narrative style specific to Arab-Berber tales.\u003cbr\u003ePrint run of 985 copies, here one of 800 on Vellum No. 816.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_Dinet_ben_Ibrahim_Khadra_danseuse_Ouled_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450562\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about the artist: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89tienne_Dinet\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89tienne_Dinet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: tear on the headdress, spine and brochure fragile due to its 98 years. Good condition overall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Dinet_ben_Ibrahim_Khadra_danseuse_Ouled_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450562\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50569407005012,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Dinet_ben_Ibrahim_Kaadra_danseuse_Ouled.jpg?v=1731449722"},{"product_id":"lebegue-france-anatole-la-caution","title":"FRANCE Anatole - LEBÈGUE Léon. La Caution","description":"\u003cp\u003eConte manuscript et enluminé par Léon Lebègue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud. 1912\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-8 of 240x170mm, binding gansenist in full red morocco, flat spine with gilt title piece. Gilt edges.\u003cbr\u003eCut, edges of the outer covers accompanied by gilt fillets. Pasteboards decorated with gilt frames and roulette on the exteriors, visible on the chase. Red cloth on guard and passboard. Subsequent guards in marbled paper then white guard. Illustrated cover preserved. Half title, proof of the print run and title frontispieces, handwritten and bound. 24 compositions illustrated by Léon Lebègue including 20 plates of texts framed and illustrated.\u003cbr\u003eSuite in color on Japan then suite in black and white on China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopy n°67 on imperial Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Caution_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450668\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautiful book illustrated by Léon Lebègue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Caution_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450669\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Caution_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450669\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe illustrated book on the BNF website:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b86002660\/f1.planchecontact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b86002660\/f1.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Caution_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731450669\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minor rubbing on the bottom cover. Wear on the bottom outside of the covers. Good condition for the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50569430073684,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Lebegue_Anatole_France_Caution.jpg?v=1731449422"},{"product_id":"boucher-mac-orlan-pierre-la-croix-lancre-et-la-grenade","title":"MAC ORLAN Pierre - BOUCHER Lucien. La Croix, l’Ancre et la Grenade","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Paris?] Devambez for the Laboratoire de l’Hépatrol, 1932\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-8 (235x170mm) of [80]pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagnificent modern and original binding signed S. Bouruet. Tastefully made. Bradel spine with four pieces of leather inlaid with gold motifs (cross, anchor, grenade). The green binding threads are deliberately left visible between the four pieces of leather, creating a particularly successful combination of shape and color.\u003cbr\u003eThe cover paper reveals a sort of green and red floral pattern, also in very good taste and matching well with the spine. Pasting cover on green paper, white endpapers, cover preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/07_Boucher_Orlan_Croix_Ancre_Grenade.jpg?v=1731692095\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of Mac Orlan is very pleasant to read with Boucher's illustrations, it remains however easy to find, it is not rare on the market. The binding makes it a particularly interesting and beautiful object.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Boucher_Orlan_Croix_Ancre_Grenade.jpg?v=1731692094\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e the design of the binding makes it fragile but is in perfect condition, the interior also.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/06_Boucher_Orlan_Croix_Ancre_Grenade.jpg?v=1731692094\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577088938324,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Boucher_Orlan_Croix_Ancre_Grenade.jpg?v=1729970530"},{"product_id":"lebegue-france-anatole-la-lecon-bien-apprise","title":"FRANCE Anatole - LEBÈGUE Léon. La Leçon bien apprise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Bibliophiles indépendants, 1898.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (234x176mm) of [26]pp. and continuation in black of [25]pp.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal bradel binding in full-shagreen with shagreen frame and painted vellum skin. The shagreen frames the covers of the previous binding which was in vellum. These covers are painted in a medieval illumination style in gold, red, blue and black.\u003cbr\u003eCover illustrated and preserved with 26 compositions by Léon Lebègue, the book is entirely calligraphed by the artist and hand-watercolored from the originals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Lebegue_France_Lecon_Apprise_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756472\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the greatest successes of Léon Lebègue for this story of Anatole France telling us the loose morals of Madame Violante to the great displeasure of her husband and her confessor Brother Jean Curelure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Lebegue_France_Lecon_Apprise_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756474\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis humorous story comes to life with the characters drawn by Lebègue, bright colors, magnificent and mastered composition accompanied by a calligraphy in harmony with the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/07_Lebegue_France_Lecon_Apprise_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756474\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eORIGINAL EDITION for this limited publication of 200 copies and executed by Octave Uzanne for the Independent Bibliophiles. Here is No. 35.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo learn more about the artist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%C3%A9on_Leb%C3%A8gue\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Léon_Lebègue\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e cover preserved slightly sunned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577098932564,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Lebegue_France_Lecon_Apprise.jpg?v=1772661417"},{"product_id":"zworykine-pouchkine-le-coq-dor-et-dautres-contes","title":"POUCHKINE Alexandre - ZWORYKINE Alexandre. Le Coq d’Or et autres contes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, H. Piazza, 1925.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (303x235mm) 134 pages including introductory leaves, half-title, title frontispiece, text frames, tailpiece, illustrated chapter titles and 20 compositions outside the text. Illustrated cover, paperback. Original slipcase.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Zworykine_Pouchkine_Coq_or.jpg?v=1731756612\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagnificent tale by Pushkin illustrated by Zworykine and entirely lithographed by L. BARTAUD.\u003cbr\u003eThe artist, who also illustrated \"Boris Godunov\" by Pushkin, masters the art of the traditional Russian icon. His lithographs, sometimes inlaid with gold, figurative characters, animals but also ornaments and text frames, immerse you in the visual universe of traditional medieval Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Zworykine_Pouchkine_Coq_or_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756622\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artist, born in Moscow, painted murals in the churches of the imperial village of Tsarskoe Zelo (today Pushkin City) near Saint Petersburg, before immigrating to Paris in 1921. He then decorated the Orthodox Church of Christ the Savior in Asnières-sur-Seine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis style is built of strong and precise lines with bright colors. It is a wonder for the eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Zworykine_Pouchkine_Coq_or_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756623\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited edition of 955 copies. Here one of the 775 on vellum paper No. 851.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_Zworykine_Pouchkine_Coq_or_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756623\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about the illustrator:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boris_Zvorykine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boris_Zvorykine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee the fully digitized book on the BNF website:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1520611s\/f13.planchecontact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1520611s\/f13.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e the original slipcase is torn at the top. The book was re-stitched by the Boichot workshops in 2020.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/03_Zworykine_Pouchkine_Coq_or_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756622\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578780684628,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Zworykine_Pouchkine_Coq_or.jpg?v=1731756604"},{"product_id":"caruchet-richepin-jean-les-litanies-de-la-mer","title":"RICHEPIN Jean - CARUCHET Henri. Les Litanies de la Mer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Printed for Albert Bélinac, 1903.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge In-8 (283x185mm), [2] ff., 53 ff. anopistographs, [1] f.\u003cbr\u003eFull dark blue morocco, covers composed of two geometric figures in gilt fillets, with variation, from one cover to the other, smooth spine decorated with gilt lines and squares, pastedowns and endpapers in midnight blue velvet, covers and spine preserved, folder and slipcase (M. Richard).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e53 compositions by Henri Caruchet including 5 hors-textes and 48 in a colored frame with gold and silver highlights. Illustrations engraved by Ducourtioux and Huillard, artistic coloring by Maison Establie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition of 100 copies on Japanese paper, this one of 50 accompanied by a series of black illustrations (n° 13).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/06_Caruchet_Richepin_Litanies_Mer_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731850156\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most beautiful and masterful work of Henri Caruchet around a text by Richepin that oscillates between maritime descriptions and religious descriptions. These descriptions are found in the compositions that frame the text and create disturbing scenes with a symbolist atmosphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/14_Caruchet_Richepin_Litanies_Mer_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731850156\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery beautiful work from the Art Nouveau period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarteret, Illustrés, IV, 341.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Caruchet_Richepin_Litanies_Mer_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731850156\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist's Wikipedia:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Caruchet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Caruchet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ReportArt channel has dedicated a video to the book:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2hZ7VGcEw4Q?si=ht9a5eBVxFi6Y3bq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/2hZ7VGcEw4Q?si=ht9a5eBVxFi6Y3bq\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso a video on Henri Caruchet:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dTsLVrmKwQ\u0026amp;amp;ab_channel=ReportArt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dTsLVrmKwQ\u0026amp;ab_channel=ReportArt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee the fully digitized book on the BNF website:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15228254.r=litanies%20mer%20caruchet?rk=21459;2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15228254.r=litanies%20mer%20caruchet?rk=21459;2\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Caruchet_Richepin_Litanies_Mer_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731850156\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e traces of sunning on the first cover preserved, the title label on the back of the slipcase is shifted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Caruchet_Richepin_Litanies_Mer_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731850156\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578790220116,"sku":null,"price":2650.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/23_Caruchet_Richepin_Litanies_Mer_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1779135356"},{"product_id":"rochegrosse-homere-lodyssee","title":"HOMÈRE - ROCHEGROSSE Georges-Antoine. L'Odyssée","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Éditions d’Art F. Ferroud, 1930.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (310x230mm), paperback, illustrated cover.\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated edition of compositions by Rochegrosse: 25 etched plates in 3 states, 24 headbands, 24 decorated letters, 24 colored woodcuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXCEPTIONAL COPY. Special edition reimposed on Grand Papier de Hollande Van Gelder numbered in Roman numerals containing 3 states of the etchings including pure aqua frort. Accompanied by 8 plates in the text enhanced with color on Japanese paper giving the illusion of original watercolors.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are the 8 plates enhanced with watercolor on Japanese paper:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Rochegrosse_Homere_Odyssee_Casaubon-livre-rare_3afe468a-43ae-4fb1-8ab3-7a9c1834c536.jpg?v=1734968933\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf Georges Rochegrosse had not decided to retire, to illustrate only one more work, we would most likely have entrusted him with the Iliad and the Odyssey. But this great artist did not want to give up and having chosen the Odyssey, we accepted his way of seeing, and the development of Homer's second masterpiece is finished. Four years were necessary to complete such a work and its very important documentation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eF. Ferroud, Paris 1930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/07_Rochegrosse_Homere_Odyssee_Casaubon-livre-rare_ffa4e60e-b88b-4333-9be2-538d6a3501df.jpg?v=1734968933\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will be difficult to detail the life and work of Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse (married to Marie Rochegrosse \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie_Rochegrosse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie_Rochegrosse\u003c\/a\u003e), so vast is it. Symbolist and orientalist painter, lover of Algeria and member of the society of French orientalist painters and professor at the Académie Druet. He was successful during his lifetime and his work as an illustrator and painter is immense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/16_Rochegrosse_Homere_Odyssee_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1734968885\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe will note as other books illustrated by the artist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Chaîne d’Or\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/rochegrosse-gautier-theophile-la-chaine-dor\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/rochegrosse-gautier-theophile-la-chaine-dor\u003c\/a\u003e) or \u003cem\u003eLe Roman de la Momie\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k19101518.r=rochegrosse%20momie?rk=21459;2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k19101518.r=rochegrosse%20momie?rk=21459;2\u003c\/a\u003e) by Théophile Gaultier or \u003cem\u003eLe Scarabée d’Or\u003c\/em\u003e by Edgar Poe (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1526005v\/f20.planchecontact.r=rochegrosse%20scarabee\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1526005v\/f20.planchecontact.r=rochegrosse%20scarabee\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artist's Wikipedia: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges-Antoine_Rochegrosse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges-Antoine_Rochegrosse\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis page on the Musée d'Orsay website: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.musee-orsay.fr\/fr\/ressources\/repertoire-artistes-personnalites\/georges-rochegrosse-21006\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.musee-orsay.fr\/fr\/ressources\/repertoire-artistes-personnalites\/georges-rochegrosse-21006\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003every good condition, see photos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Rochegrosse_Homere_Odyssee_Casaubon-livre-rare_04e35952-5cd1-4565-a202-1bdb13b5dc10.jpg?v=1734968933\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/17_Rochegrosse_Homere_Odyssee_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1734968885\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578812272980,"sku":null,"price":990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Rochegrosse_Homere_Odyssee_Casaubon-livre-rare_6e6f009c-9b58-4183-9bb2-15eaaac433c1.jpg?v=1734968933"},{"product_id":"japanese-kajinoha-sample-paper-book-1","title":"Catalogue of Japanese Handmade Paper - House of Kajinoha, 1942","description":"\u003cp\u003eMorita Japanese Paper Company, 1942\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 oblong volume of 193x139mm. Japanese binding, red cord, red cardboard covers with the title printed in Japanese. Kajinoha logo on the second cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRare catalog of handmade paper from all over Japan, by Maison Kajinoha, Morita Japanese Paper Company, Showa 17, 1942. Divided into 10 volumes and composed of 950 industrial or handmade papers, with prototypes specially designed for the catalog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Paper_Japanese_Kajinoha_Sample_Book.jpg?v=1731865113\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of volumes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 1: Paper for Japanese Painting and Writing\u003cbr\u003eVolume 2: Paper for Fusuma and Wallpapers\u003cbr\u003eVolume 3: Machine-made Paper for Fusuma\u003cbr\u003eVolume 4: Gold and Silver Paper\u003cbr\u003eVolume 5: Transparent Tissue Paper\u003cbr\u003eVolume 6: Handmade Paper from Various Provinces\u003cbr\u003eVolume 7: Paper of Folk Taste\u003cbr\u003eVolume 8: Fancy Paper\u003cbr\u003eVolume 9: Handmade and Machine-made Paper for Woodblock Printing\u003cbr\u003eVolume 10: Kyokushi or Japanese Vellum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Paper_Japanese_Kajinoha_Sample_Book.jpg?v=1731865113\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the most impressive samples are the unryu tissue papers, almost immaterial and impossible to scan or photograph, the gold and silver papers and the few samples of veneer papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA rare catalogue, a real gem that is part of Japanese heritage.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good condition, some of the 950 papers are torn or cut, the book must have been used for 83 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610996085076,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Paper_Japanese_Kajinoha_Sample_Book.jpg?v=1748270450"},{"product_id":"bedier-joseph-le-roman-de-tristan-et-iseut","title":"BEDIER Joseph - ENGELS Robert. Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, H. Piazza \u0026amp; Cie, 1900.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge In-4, on Japan paper, paperback, illustrated cover. [8]pp. [136]pp. [8]pp.\u003cbr\u003e130 woodcut compositions by Robert Engels including the cover, the half-title, the print page, the title page, the tailpieces, 6 full-page compositions and 118 in the text.\u003cbr\u003eTypographic composition in English Elzévir typeface from the Henri Chaix et Cie foundry.\u003cbr\u003eSuite on Japan paper in color and suite on China paper in black. Subscription booklet with print sample.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's copy on Japan, unnumbered, having belonged to Charles Masson, partner of Henri Piazza.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/03_Engels_Bedier_Tristan_Iseut_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731865420\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the great books of Piazza editions from the early twentieth century with \u003cem\u003eAntar (\u003c\/em\u003epoème héroïque arabe, illustrations en couleurs de E. Dinet, 1898\u003cem\u003e)\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIlsée, Pincesse de Tripolis \u003c\/em\u003e(Lithographies de Alphonse Mucha. 1897). It impresses with the amount of illustration that accompanies the story as well as the style and beauty of the drawings, whose dark and powerful style aligns with the idea that one would have of the atmosphere of this medieval period and the tragic story of Tristan and Isolde.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/14_Engels_Bedier_Tristan_Iseut_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731865420\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA curious detail, Isolde is written with a \"Y\" on the subscription booklet and on the box and with an \"i\" on the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_Engels_Bedier_Tristan_Iseut_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731865420\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/13_Engels_Bedier_Tristan_Iseut_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731865420\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more information:\u003cbr\u003eThe book is fully digitized on the BNF website: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1521861p\/f9.planchecontact\" title=\"Tristan et Iseut Engels 1900, Gallica BNF\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1521861p\/f9.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more information on Robert Engels: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Engels_(illustrateur)\" title=\"Robert Engels\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Engels_(illustrateur)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/19_Engels_Bedier_Tristan_Iseut_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1735831185\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003ethe box is a little rubbed with age. Very good condition of conservation for the interior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/18_Engels_Bedier_Tristan_Iseut_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1735831184\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50696988098900,"sku":null,"price":1100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Engels_Bedier_Tristan_Iseut_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1730754433"},{"product_id":"codex-borgia","title":"Codex Borgia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Club du Livre, Philippe Lebaud\u003c\/em\u003e, 1977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrinted cloth slipcase, 2 volumes of 285x285mm. The facsimile consists of 39 square leaves (27x27cm) bound in accordion, 36 are drawn recto-verso for a total length of nearly 11m and 2 cork plates for cardboard. The second volume is a 4to paperback of explanatory documents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced in 1200 copies, here No. 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Codex_Borgia_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731267184\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Borgia codex, made of animal skin and named after one of its former owners from the 18th century \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stefano_Borgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStephano Borgia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stefano_Borgia\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is a pre-Columbian pictorial manuscript from Central America (central Mexico) with calendar and ritual content, dating from the 16th century. The manuscript now belongs to the Vatican Library (since Stephano Borgia).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis facsimile reproduces the codex exactly in its format, its colors, its defects and wear with 2 cork plates as beginning and end. The publisher chose a kind of waxed and solid canvas to print and bind the leaves giving the whole a disjointed appearance but faithful to the manuscript as it must be today. This is the last facsimile of the Borgia codex. Produced for the general public 48 years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Codex_Borgia_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1730754521\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eVery good condition overall, the box is a little rubbed, the whole interior is in perfect condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo learn more about the Codex\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Codex_Borgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Codex_Borgia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50696996258132,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Codex_Borgia_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1730754521"},{"product_id":"kawakami-sumio-nanban-shipki","title":"KAWAKAMI Sumio. Nanbanen-ki","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe could translate the title by : \u003cem\u003eChronicle of the Southern Barbarian Ships\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eChronicle of the Nanban Ships\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 book of 115x85mm, Japanese binding, cover printed with a print and hand-colored. Traditional case and original box. 12 pages of prints in cherry wood engraving and hand-painted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReprint published by Toho Shobo in 1977 faithful to the original, with the exception of a slightly smaller book format. \u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIt is limited to 500 copies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Sumio_Kawakame_Nanban_Shipki_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731865330\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a combination of poems and original engravings by Sumio Kawakami originally published in 35 copies in 1942. It is one of the artist's first books.\u003cbr\u003eThe poems and drawings deal with the period when Japan traded with Europeans from the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century until the closure of Japan in the 17th century. This period of cultural confrontation and exchange is called the \"Nanban trade era\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/07_Sumio_Kawakame_Nanban_Shipki_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731865330\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn March 1945, while the Pacific War was in full swing, Sumio Kawakami (1895-1972) decided to retire from his position as an English teacher at Utsunomiya Prefectural High School, where he had worked for 20 years, and to devote himself fully to the profession of woodblock print engraver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKawakami worked on his style marked by the Meiji Kaika period and the Nagasaki Nanban period. His primitive, rustic drawing style and his bright and restricted color palette exude a great poetry, nostalgic for very expressive past universes. This book is part of a set of books printed by the artist in the 1940s on the theme of Nanban.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/08_Sumio_Kawakame_Nanban_Shipki_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731865331\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is a unique and identifiable artist that the Casaubon bookstore particularly appreciates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist biography: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chosei_Kawakami\" title=\"Sumio Kawakami Wikipedia\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chosei_Kawakami\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoutube channel by Elias Martin featuring books by Sumio Kawakami:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheEliasMartin\/search?query=sumio\" title=\"Elias Martin youtube Sumio Kawakami\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheEliasMartin\/search?query=sumio\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView a series of the artist's works on the Smithsonian website: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/asia.si.edu\/search\/?edan_q=sumio+kawakami\" title=\"Smithsonian Sumio Kawakami\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/asia.si.edu\/search\/?edan_q=sumio+kawakami\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Sumio_Kawakame_Nanban_Shipki_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731865330\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e There are stains on the cover and front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50696997503316,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Sumio_Kawakami_Nanban_Shipki_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1755345913"},{"product_id":"hokusai-katsushika-sketchbooks","title":"HOKUSAI Katsushika. Mangas, Sketchbooks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e1960, Unso-do co. Kyoto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15 woodblock printed books, 1 introductory notebook in English and Japanese, traditional case with bone clasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReprint of Hokusai's sketchbooks by the publisher Unsodo with the original woodblocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooks I to XIII were engraved and published during the artist's lifetime, books XIV and XV are posthumous publications around 1878 and are said to be compilations of sketches by the master and disciple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered the encyclopedia of Hokusai's images\/sketches, these 15 books contain over 3900 illustrations of characters, animals, landscapes, objects, architectures etc. These notebooks traveled widely in the 19th century and had a huge influence on European painters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/06_Hokusai_Sketchbook_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731450204\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Hokusai_Sketchbook_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731450204\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e434 pieces of carved wood were needed to make these sketchbooks. This corresponds to more than 100 months of work, 4 craftsmen worked on it for more than two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCherry blossom plates engraved from the sketchbooks used for publication :\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/4dd49084-s.jpg?v=1733679986\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopyright © 2021 UNSODO Corporation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese wooden plates were transported from Tokyo to Kyoto when they were transferred by Yoshikawa Kobunkan to the publisher Geisodo who is still the current owner and holder of the exploitation rights.\u003cbr\u003eThis means that these plates were miraculously preserved and saved from the 1923 Kantō Earthquake which devastated 70% of the city of Tokyo, destroying a considerable cultural heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeisodo Woodblock Print Warehouse currently houses tens of thousands of precious Edo period woodblock prints, including Katsushika Hokusai, Ito Jakuchu, and Yukika Kamisaka.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeisodo Woodblock Print Warehouse :\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/fa320305-s.jpg?v=1733679956\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopyright © 2021 UNSODO Corporation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplete with the introduction booklet in English and Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese sketchbooks are a treasure that should be preserved. You can admire the extent of Hokusai's craftsmanship and genius in them. All other drawings will seem a little bland after reading these sketchbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinting work on a plate:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/2be87288-s.jpg?v=1733680010\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopyright © 2021 UNSODO Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Hokusai_Sketchbook_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731450203\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo learn more about Mangas:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"Wikipedia:%20https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hokusai_Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eWikipedia: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hokusai_Manga\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover the fully digitized collection of sketchbooks:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/search?query=Hokusai+manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/archive.org\/search?query=Hokusai+manga\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_Hokusai_Sketchbook_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731450203\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Unsodo publishing compagny:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.unsodo.net\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.unsodo.net\/en\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e the case is a little sunned and a little worn and rubbed inside. All the books are in perfect condition, they have almost never been consulted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Hokusai_Sketchbook_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731449757\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697143976276,"sku":null,"price":1490.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Hokusai_Sketchbook_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731449749"},{"product_id":"de-flers-robert-ilsee-prinzessin-von-triolis","title":"DE FLERS Robert - MUCHA Alfons. Ilsee Prinzessin Von Triolis","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrague, Kunst-Verlag. 1901\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 paperback, illustrated folded cover. The most important illustrated work of Alphose Mucha composed of 134 lithographs including 5 outside the text, enhanced with gold and silver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/07_Mucha_Robert_Flers_Ilsee_Prinzessin_Triolis_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731450141\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the German version published in Prague in 1901 on vellum paper in 800 copies, 4 years after the version published in Paris by Piazza in 250 copies on fine paper. The book opens with a title in relief made by Alexandre Charpentier) and ends with a coat of arms in relief.\u003cbr\u003eIt is specified in the French version that the lithographic plates were destroyed after printing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Mucha_Robert_Flers_Ilsee_Prinzessin_Triolis_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731450140\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven that the lithographs of the German and French versions are strictly identical apart from certain colors. This could be due either to the fact that the tracings of Mucha's drawings made for the engraving of the lithographic plates were reused for the Kunst-Verlag editions, or Piazza printed a surplus on vellum paper to resell to another publisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/03_Mucha_Robert_Flers_Ilsee_Prinzessin_Triolis_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731450140\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697200533844,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Mucha_Robert_Flers_Ilsee_Prinzessin_Triolis_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731449381"},{"product_id":"louys-pierre-byblis","title":"LOUYS Pierre - CARUCHET Henri. Byblis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, A. Ferroud\u003c\/em\u003e, 1901\u003cbr\u003eIn-8 (240x170mm) of [1] f., 1 watercolor, I-XVI, 46 pp., [2] ff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalf morocco binding with gilt corners and fillets. Blueish marbled paper. Spine with five raised bands, gilt fillet on the raised bands, gilt title label. Marbled paper endpapers and guards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited edition of 300 copies. \u003cstrong\u003eCopy No. 11. One of ten deluxe copies on Japanese paper colored by the artist containing a suite in black on china and an original watercolor by Henri Caruchet\u003c\/strong\u003e after the unique copy on Whatman paper. Subscription booklet provided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Louys_Byblis_Caruchet_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731267071\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is composed of 44 art nouveau style compositions and an illustrated cover. Floral compositions or staging of the characters of the story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_Louys_Byblis_Caruchet_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731267070\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Caruchet's most sensitive works, where the fragility of the line of his drawings reinforces the tragic aspect of the story. Symmetrical compositions follow one another with shapes and characters with more relaxed lines in an atmosphere of finely chosen pastel colors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/07_Louys_Byblis_Caruchet_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731267071\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePierre Louis takes up with all his sensitivity the myth of Ovid: Byblis. An impossible love between Caunos and Byblis, a nymph who, out of despair, turned into a fountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the text, the preface by Gilbert de Voisins speaks for itself: \"It seems that Mr. Pierre Louys thinks differently. When he speaks to us of a landscape, the setting is independent of men. It has its own existence. The tree, the stream, the pond, are lively people that the poet cherishes for themselves because they are verdant, harmonious or pure, and, if a voice happens to be heard, coming from a spring or singing between two stones, it is not his mortal feelings that he believes he hears the echo of, but the sound of the words that the hatched nymphs confide to him.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Louys_Byblis_Caruchet_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731267070\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe marbled paper of the half Moroccan has a 1cm tear at the bottom of the outer cover. Stain on the watercolor plate and transfer. Stains on the 4th cover preserved. And stain on the edge of the last blank pages from the 4th cover.\u0026amp;nbsp;Good condition overall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more informations :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook digitized on the BNF website:\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1520185c.r=byblis%20caruchet?rk=21459;2\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1520185c.r=byblis%20caruchet?rk=21459;2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1520185c.r=byblis%20caruchet?rk=21459;2\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaruchet's Wikipédia :\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Caruchet\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Caruchet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ReportArt channel has dedicated a video to the book:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xI61ze4xY38\u0026amp;amp;ab_channel=ReportArt\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xI61ze4xY38\u0026amp;ab_channel=ReportArt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso a video on Henri Caruchet:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dTsLVrmKwQ\u0026amp;ab_channel=ReportArt\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dTsLVrmKwQ\u0026amp;ab_channel=ReportArt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50763505828180,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Louys_Byblis_Caruchet_Casaubon_Livre_Rare.jpg?v=1731267071"},{"product_id":"detmold-aesope-les-fables","title":"AESOP - DETMOLD Edward. 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Detmold glued in a bowl including two additional plates not found in the commercial edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Detmold_Fables_Aesop_Casaubon-livre-rare_a22d5d8c-081e-4ded-922b-7700f0749f51.jpg?v=1731792042\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal edition limited to 750 copies signed and numbered by the artist. Here N°30.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/12_Detmold_Fables_Aesop_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731792041\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/08_Detmold_Fables_Aesop_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731792042\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more information about the artist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Julius_Detmold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Julius_Detmold\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Binding rubbed and worn, interior fresh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Detmold_Fables_Aesop_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731792042\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50794308862292,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Detmold_Fables_Aesop_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731622788"},{"product_id":"lebegue-boccace-la-fiancee-du-roy-de-garbe","title":"BOCACCE - LEBÈGUE Léon. La Fiancée du Roy de Garbe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, H. Floury, 1903.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-8 (264x205mm) Jansenist binding in dark green Moroccan, spine with 4 raised bands with gilded title piece.\u003cbr\u003eFrame of the interior covers in green morocco decorated with gilded fillets and fleurons, linings and guards in garnet silk, gilded edges, covers and spine preserved, slipcase. Binding signed Meunier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Lebegue_Boccace_Fiancee_Roy_Garbe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756010\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations watercolored and reworked in gold, including 6 full-page, by Léon Lebègue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/13_Lebegue_Boccace_Fiancee_Roy_Garbe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756010\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLimited edition of 189 copies; one of 40 on vellum paper tinted on the form, from the Rives paper mills (n° XXIV), with the black print, on China paper, of all the illustrations. Each page is decorated with a figure, initial or frame by the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Lebegue_Boccace_Fiancee_Roy_Garbe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756010\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: rubbed slipcase with bumped corners, small scratches on the spine of the binding, cover slightly dusty. The whole is in very good condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/08_Lebegue_Boccace_Fiancee_Roy_Garbe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756010\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50794325082452,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Lebegue_Boccace_Fiancee_Roy_Garbe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731755991"},{"product_id":"merson-giraldon-de-musset-alfret-les-nuits","title":"DE MUSSET Alfret - MERSON Olivier - GIRALDON Adolphe. Les Nuits","description":"\u003cp\u003eLes Nuits. La Nuit de mai – La Nuit de décembre – La Nuit d’Août – La nuit d’octobre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMusset’s Nights… For half a century, lovers have delighted in them, little girls whose bread is cut into slices have savored them in secret, young brides have nourished their recent freedom with them, all the heartaches of both sexes have sought their echo here: they found it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt from the preface by Edmond Haraucourt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, J. Meynial, 1911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Merson_Giraldon_Les_Nuits_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731792326\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge In-8 of [79]pp. Full dark blue morocco. Covers with gilt frames composed of 3 fillets. Spine with 5 raised bands with gilt fillet box, gilt title piece. Double gilt fillets on the edge of the covers and on the edge of the crown. Gilt edge. Pasting covers with Moroccan frame, fillets, gilt stars. Blue cloth on glued guard and on the flying guard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 plates outside the text by Luc-Olivier Merson, including 4 compositions in grayscale\/blue and a color illustration in a medallion framed by a floral composition and an extract from a poem.\u003cbr\u003eAdolphe Giraldon executed the frontispiece, the illustrated half-titles in medallion, the headers representing scenes from the poems as well as the text frames made of ribbons, stars and flowers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 180 copies. Here N°96 on Arches Vellum paper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Merson_Giraldon_Les_Nuits_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731659781\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLuc-Olivier Merson and Adolphe Giraldon, it took no less to pay homage to the Nights. The painter of the Academic movement, with his disturbing realist work, mastering draperies, antique bodies in strange scenes, brings hypnotizing visual ruptures with regard to Giraldon's dreamlike work with soft, pastel colors of flower compositions and bucolic scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRare are the books that coherently associate two very different artistic styles. Giraldon with his stylized compositions and Merson with his \"hyper-realism pompier\".\u003cbr\u003eAnd rare are the artists who master both subjects, Alfonse Mucha brilliantly succeeded in this exercise in Le Pater.\u003cbr\u003e(\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k10656206\/f7.planchecontact\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k10656206\/f7.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e) Paris, Piazza, 1899. An exceptional illustration of the Our Father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Merson_Giraldon_Les_Nuits_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731792326\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work of Luc-Olvier Merson: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiart.org\/fr\/luc-olivier-merson\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.wikiart.org\/fr\/luc-olivier-merson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBiography of Luc-Olivier Merson: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/museedartsdenantes.nantesmetropole.fr\/expositions\/luc-olivier-merson\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/museedartsdenantes.nantesmetropole.fr\/expositions\/luc-olivier-merson\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBiography of Adolphe Giraldon: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolphe_Giraldon\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolphe_Giraldon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is fully digitized on the BNF website :\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1524801b\/f15.planchecontact.r=nuits%20giraldon\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1524801b\/f15.planchecontact.r=nuits%20giraldon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e the bookmark has left marks between pages 42 and 43. Rubbing on the cut of the headpiece. Stains on several page edges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50798148092244,"sku":null,"price":980.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Merson_Giraldon_Les_Nuits_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731659965"},{"product_id":"orazi-baudelaire-charles-les-fleurs-du-mal","title":"BAUDELAIRE Charles - ORAZI Manuel. Les Fleurs du Mal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Le Vasseur \u0026amp; Cie, 1934.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 of 2ff. 1 half-title, justification page, frontispiece, title page - 271pp. + 6pp. Blank. Paperback, folded cover\u003cbr\u003e47 color compositions by Manuel Orazi with framed texts and tailpiece. Sometimes abstract, sometimes macabre, sometimes figurative, these illustrations carry the power of Baudelaire's poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/06_Orazi_Baudelaire_Fleurs_Mal_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731792201\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most striking symbolist, art nouveau illustrations of \u003cem\u003eLes Fleurs du Mal\u003c\/em\u003e with the one illustrated by Carloz Schwabe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/03_Orazi_Baudelaire_Fleurs_Mal_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731792200\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the masterpieces of this prolific artist and perhaps his last work, the year of publication being that of his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/12_Orazi_Baudelaire_Fleurs_Mal_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731792201\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the most famous works we will find his famous Magic Calendar (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b10544640k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b10544640k\u003c\/a\u003e) an illustrated calendar in a symbolist spirit whose graphic aspect transports us between the kingdom of the living and the dead.\u003cbr\u003eOr magnificent and difficult to find illustrated books, such as Theodora, Empress of Byzance, by Charles Diehl, Paris, H. Piazza, 1904 in a Byzantine-inspired style with gold-encrusted ornaments. Or Salome by Oscar Wilde in a magnificent art deco style (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15214471\/f13.planchecontact\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15214471\/f13.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_Orazi_Baudelaire_Fleurs_Mal_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731792200\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo find out more:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is fully digitized on the BNF website: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15219092\/f91.planchecontact\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15219092\/f91.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo find out more about the artist: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manuel_Orazi\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manuel_Orazi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Orazi_Baudelaire_Fleurs_Mal_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731659858\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEstimated and rated publication. Carteret V.4 - p.61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e there are some foxing spots on the first pages and also on the edges of the page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Orazi_Baudelaire_Fleurs_Mal_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731792200\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50798148944212,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Orazi_Baudelaire_Fleurs_Mal_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731659858"},{"product_id":"lebegue-bouchor-maurice-pervenche","title":"BOUCHOR Maurice - LEBÈGUE Léon. Pervenche","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Librairie Henry Floury. 1900.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (325x250mm) of [8]ff. + [28]pp. paperback, illustrated folded cover.\u003cbr\u003e34 color compositions by Léon Lebègue including the cover, the half-title, the print page, the title frontispiece and 27 pages of text framed by drawings accompanying the texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Lebegue_Bouchor_Mariani_Pervenche_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731687199\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is not a simple illustrated tale but a commission from Angelo Mariani for advertising purposes for Mariani wine, a preparation made from coca leaves macerated in Bordeaux wine.\u003cbr\u003eThe tale attributes to it fortifying effects in an offbeat tone \"[…] by a secret influence, he made the young couple, in less than four years, father and mother of six daughters, all of them very lively and very lively.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/06_Lebegue_Bouchor_Mariani_Pervenche_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731865192\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 500 copies, here the top copy on Imperial Japan paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo find out more:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is fully digitized on the BNF website: https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k65654267\/f20.planchecontact.r=pervenche%20lebegue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOther books illustrated by Léon Lebègue:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Well-Learned Lesson: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/lebegue-france-anatole-la-lecon-bien-apprise\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/lebegue-france-anatole-la-lecon-bien-apprise\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/lebegue-france-anatole-la-lecon-bien-apprise\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Dona Maria d’Avalos and the Duke of Andria: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/lebegue-france-anatole-histoire-de-dona-maria-davalos-et-du-duc-dandria\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/lebegue-france-anatole-histoire-de-dona-maria-davalos-et-du-duc-dandria\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/lebegue-france-anatole-histoire-de-dona-maria-davalos-et-du-duc-dandria\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bride of the King of Garbe: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/lebegue-boccace-la-fiancee-du-roy-de-garbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/lebegue-boccace-la-fiancee-du-roy-de-garbe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Caution: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/lebegue-france-anatole-la-caution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/lebegue-france-anatole-la-caution\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50800551002452,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Lebegue_Bouchor_Mariani_Pervenche_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731687199"},{"product_id":"orazi-diehl-charles-theodora-imperatrice-de-byzance","title":"DIEHL Charles - ORAZI Manuel. Théodora, Impératrice de Byzance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, H. Piazza et Cie, 1904.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-8 (230x165mm). Half shagreen with gilt corners and fillets. First cover in marbled paper. Flat spine, richly decorated with fillets, fleurons and shapes in gilt and red, title label and date. Inside cover and endpapers in marbled paper followed by white endpapers. Illustrated cover preserved. 61 color compositions with gold highlights by Manuel Orazi, including 2 outside the text and 12 full-page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/08_Orazi_Diehl_Theodora_Imperatrice_Byzance_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731865373\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a captivating reading by Charles Diehl on the great story of Theodora, from the plebs of Constantinople and who, from a popular dancer, ended up as Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire by marrying Justinian I in 527.\u003cbr\u003eThe Byzantine atmosphere of the ornaments, the compositions by Manuelles Orazi as well as the superb chapter headings sometimes embellished with gold give the reading of Theodora's life a whole other dimension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/07_Orazi_Diehl_Theodora_Imperatrice_Byzance_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731865373\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in 300 copies, here one of 260 on hand-made vellum paper, by Blanchet frères and Kléber No. 107.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Orazi_Diehl_Theodora_Imperatrice_Byzance_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731865373\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the text and Charles Diehl, Wikipedia cites Elisabeth Malamut and Georges Sidéris:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn publishing Théodora, impératrice de Byzance, he wanted to give a more measured vision of the Byzantine empress, in counterpoint to the image of a femme fatale and manipulator popularized by Victorien Sardou. This work then testifies to the links between the construction of Byzantinology as a historical science in its own right and the place of Byzantium in the artistic culture of the time, these two movements enriching each other jointly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Orazi_Diehl_Theodora_Imperatrice_Byzance_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731865373\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo learn more:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong Manuel Orazi's most famous works we will find his famous Magic Calendar (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b10544640k\" title=\"Manuel Orazi Calendrier Magique\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/btv1b10544640k\u003c\/a\u003e) an illustrated calendar in a symbolist spirit whose graphic aspect transports us between the realm of the living and the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut also magnificent and difficult to find illustrated books, such as his illustration of Les Fleurs du Mal, Paris, Le Vasseur \u0026amp; Cie, 1934. (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/orazi-baudelaire-charles-les-fleurs-du-mal\" title=\"Fleurs du Mal, Manuel Orazi, Casaubon livre rare\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/casaubon.fr\/products\/orazi-baudelaire-charles-les-fleurs-du-mal\u003c\/a\u003e) in a strong symbolist style. Or Salomé by Oscar Wilde, 1930, in a magnificent art deco style (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15214471\/f13.planchecontact\" title=\"Salome Oscar Wilde Manuel Orazi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k15214471\/f13.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Diehl's Wikipedia page: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Diehl\" title=\"Charles Diehl, Manuel Orazi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Diehl\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManuel Orazi's Wikipedia page: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manuel_Orazi\" title=\"Manuel Orazi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manuel_Orazi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Orazi_Diehl_Theodora_Imperatrice_Byzance_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731687299\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e the binding is rubbed, the interior is in good condition (see photos)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_Orazi_Diehl_Theodora_Imperatrice_Byzance_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731865373\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50800562372948,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Orazi_Diehl_Theodora_Imperatrice_Byzance_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731687495"},{"product_id":"schwabe-schreiner-olive-reves","title":"SCHREINER Olive - SCHWABE Carlos. Rêves.","description":"\u003cp\u003eParis. A. Blaizot. 1912.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (300x240mm) in sheet, green cloth flap folder reserved for the 100 copies on Japan paper, title label on folder.\u003cbr\u003e2 frontispieces and suites of engravings in black on china paper.\u003cbr\u003eTranslation by H. Mirabaud Thorens. Preface by Marie Diemer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_Schwabe_Schreiner_Reves_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731865236\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarlos Schwabe interprets Schreiner's text with mystical, biblical visual themes, we find the figure of the angel often present in the artist's work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Schwabe_Schreiner_Reves_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731865236\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe impressive illustrations are engraved by Richer et Cie successors. The drawings sometimes constructed with black, sometimes with white, are of a very great poetry in an art nouveau symbolist style. In full page, in the text, in tailpiece and in initials.\u003cbr\u003eThe edition in sheet allows to appreciate the prints at best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/08_Schwabe_Schreiner_Reves_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731865236\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the 100 copies on Japanese paper with cover.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Schwabe_Schreiner_Reves_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731865236\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo learn more :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUn documentaire de Pete Beard sur Carlos Schwabe et son art :\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2JJMQOy1ZBo?si=I2rCp78OF5N5ydnA\" title=\"Carlos Schwabe\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/2JJMQOy1ZBo?si=I2rCp78OF5N5ydnA\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLe wikipédia de l’artiste : \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Schwabe\" title=\"Carlos Schwabe\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Schwabe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eÉtat:\u003c\/strong\u003e chemise et lacets usés.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50801003299156,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Schwabe_Schreiner_Reves_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731693930"},{"product_id":"giraldon-virgile-les-eglogues","title":"VIRGILE - GIRALDON Adolphe. Les Eglogues","description":"\u003cp\u003eParis, Plon-Nourrit \u0026amp; Cie, 1906.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLook, dear reader, at the excised vignettes, the fine landscapes placed at the head of the Eclogues, delicate illuminations of a poetic missal, fresh reveries that recall Corot, simple and serious visions that make one think of Puvis de Chavannes. Here are views of dawn, distant hills gilded by the first caress of the young sun, pearly waters all teeming with the first breaths of morning…\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Extract from the preface of the Eclogues by Emile Gebhart.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Giraldon_Virgile_Eglogues_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756214\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (330x225mm) of [6]ff. + 67pp. + [4]ff. in unbound notebooks, folded cover with gilt title. \u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's slipcase in cloth with cover title reproduced in gold. Print page with frames, frontispiece, framed title page, preface introduced by a medallion of the portrait of Virgil with frames and 10 chapters all composed of a false title illustrated in a medallion, a header with a bucolic landscape in color engraved on wood and a tailpiece. All the texts are framed. The typography was designed by the artist. Magnificent performance by Giraldon in the art nouveau style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition of 300 copies, here Tribute copy No. 320.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/15_Giraldon_Virgile_Eglogues_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756216\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a true graphic demonstration for Adolphe Giraldon. Virgil's Latin texts are framed by decorations of great artistic value. In particular the landscapes at the chapter header which impress with their finesse and their colors in a harmonious pastel palette. We find all the honiric realism that characterizes the artist's work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/16_Giraldon_Virgile_Eglogues_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756215\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe book fully digitized on the BNF website:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1075066d\/f15.planchecontact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1075066d\/f15.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe artist's Wikipedia page:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolphe_Giraldon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolphe_Giraldon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e small tear at the bottom of the paper cover. Dirty box with defects on the inside of the flaps. Otherwise, a copy in excellent condition. The cover and interior have almost no defects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/04_Giraldon_Virgile_Eglogues_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731756215\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50801006412116,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Giraldon_Virgile_Eglogues_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731694076"},{"product_id":"kawakami-sumio-tabako-torai-ki","title":"KAWAKAMI Sumio. Tabako Torai-ki","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe title translates as: Account of the Arrival of Tobacco.\u003cbr\u003ePersonal edition. 1943 (Showa 18)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne 165x235mm accordion-fold book containing 10 hand-painted woodblock prints with two hand-painted woodblock prints on the cover. Original printed slipcase.\u003cbr\u003eAn extremely rare edition limited to 50 copies (this is number 24), produced by Sumio Kawakami, and awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_Sumio_Kawakami_Tabako_Torai-ki_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1763238702\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA magnificent series of eight drawings depicting the introduction of tobacco from the Americas to Japan by the Portuguese and its subsequent spread within 16th-century Japanese society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis series of textless engravings is framed by a title page and signature. The drawings show the Portuguese trading with Native Americans before sailing to Japan and interacting with Japanese society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the second in the artist's personal collection on the theme of Nanban. Highly poetic and sensitive, it is remarkably well-preserved despite its age and fragility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKawakami's drawings from this period explore the era of Japanese trade with Europeans, from the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century until Japan's isolation in the 17th century, focusing on the tobacco trade. This period of cultural exchange and interaction is known as the \"Nanban period.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn March 1945, as the Pacific War raged, Sumio Kawakami (1895-1972) decided to retire from his position as an English teacher at Utsunomiya Prefectural High School, where he had worked for 20 years, and dedicate himself fully to the craft of woodblock printing. Kawakami developed a style influenced by the Meiji Kaika and Nagasaki Nanban periods. His primitive, rustic drawing style and his vivid, limited color palette evoke a profound poetry, nostalgic for a bygone era. This book is part of a series printed by the artist in the 1940s on the Nanban theme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is a unique and recognizable artist whom the Casaubon bookstore particularly admires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more:\u003cbr\u003eArtist biography: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chosei_Kawakami\" title=\"Sumio Kawakami\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chosei_Kawakami\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElias Martin's YouTube channel featuring books by Sumio Kawakami:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheEliasMartin\/search?query=sumio\" title=\"Sumio Kawakami rare books\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheEliasMartin\/search?query=sumio\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView a selection of the artist's work on the Smithsonian website: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheEliasMartin\/search?query=sumio\" title=\"Sumio kawakami librairie Casaubon\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/asia.si.edu\/search\/?edan_q=sumio+kawakami\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good condition considering the age and fragility of the work; a few minor stains and some areas of detachment behind the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53005556842836,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Sumio_Kawakami_Tabako_Torai-ki_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1763238702"},{"product_id":"maeterlinck-maurice-schwabe-carlos-la-vie-des-abeilles","title":"MAETERLINCK Maurice - SCHWABE Carlos. La vie des abeilles.","description":"\u003cp\u003eSociety of Friends of the Modern Book, Paris. 1908\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctavo (245 x 210 mm). Jansenist binding by Charles Meunier, dated 1928, mounted on a slipcase. Full brown morocco, spine with four raised bands, author's name in gilt in the first compartment and title label in the second, year in gilt on the lower headcap.\u003cbr\u003eDouble gilt fillets on the edges of the boards and a series of small gilt fillets on the edges of the headcaps. The endpapers are decorated with a complex border of gilt fillets, fleurons, and rolls. Gilt edges.\u003cbr\u003eMarbled endpapers followed by white endpapers. Stencil-painted cover, original watercolor signed, gouache on the front covers, frontispiece, 67 illustrations in the text, and a breakdown of one of the plates in color.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/15_Vie_Abeilles_Schwabe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1763917108\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited under the artistic direction of Charles Meunier and Léon Thévenin, the compositions are color wood engravings based on illustrations by Carlos Schwabe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is not a treatise on beekeeping or bee breeding, but rather the work of a passionate beekeeper, a philosopher of bees. The author knows how to see and admire all the beauty and strength of these insects, unraveling their mysteries with the visionary eye of one who can draw life lessons from them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI want to speak simply of Ronsard’s ‘blonde bees,’ as one speaks, to those who do not know him, of an object one knows and loves.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cbr\u003eMaurice Maeterlinck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs you can see, this book is not a “classic” edition of Maeterlinck’s work, but a monument of modern bibliophilia. The Society of Friends of the Book, Meunier, Thévenin, Schwabe: this book is the result of a collaboration between individuals at the height of their artistic powers or passions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrinted in an edition of 150 copies, this is number 21, printed for Ernest Braillard, and includes an original watercolor of one of the text illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/14_Vie_Abeilles_Schwabe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1763917109\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cover and frontispiece are magnificent and appear to be hand-colored using stencils, giving them a vibrant quality. The volume of the paint is palpable, yet the execution is flawless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/03_Vie_Abeilles_Schwabe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1763917109\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo watercolor floral compositions frame the book, one on the back cover and another on a front endpaper. While it is sometimes difficult to discern the painting technique, we have observed these gouaches in other books for sale. Therefore, they are not original watercolors. A description of the illustrations as “gouache over lines by Carlos Schwabe” in a 2010 Alde auction seems apt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/13_Vie_Abeilles_Schwabe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1763917108\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/11_Vie_Abeilles_Schwabe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1763917109\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe deconstruction of one of the illustrations, bound at the end of the book, goes beyond mere embellishment; it allows us to grasp the full complexity of the woodcut printing technique. Nine engraved plates are required to create a single drawing, resulting in exceptionally high-quality rendering, depth of color, and a three-dimensionality that brings Schwabe's drawings to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Schwabe, one of the greatest Symbolist painters, also illustrated Les Fleurs du mal (1900) and Les Paroles d'un croyant (1908) for Charles Meunier, as well as Pelléas et Mélisande (1924) with Maeterlinck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaeterlinck's Wikipedia page: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Maeterlinck\" title=\"Vie des abeilles Maeterlinck Schwabe Casaubon livre rares book\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maurice_Maeterlinck\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Meunier's Wikipedia page: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Meunier_(relieur)\" title=\"Charles Meunier Casaubon livres rare books\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Meunier_(relieur)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Schwabe's Wikipedia page: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Schwabe\" title=\"Carlos Schwabe Casaubon Livres rare books\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Schwabe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book on Gallica:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1527313r\/f13.planchecontact.r=abeilles%20schwabe\" title=\"Vie des abeilles schwabe casaubon livre rare books\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1527313r\/f13.planchecontact.r=abeilles%20schwabe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eScratch on the spine endcap, the spine is slightly sun-faded (slight difference in color compared to the covers). The slipcase is rubbed at the edges. The interior is in very good condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon livre rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53065314369876,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Vie_Abeilles_Schwabe_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1763917107"},{"product_id":"le-veritable-dragon-rouge","title":"ANONYME. Le Véritable Dragon Rouge","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe Véritable Dragon Rouge\u003cbr\u003eOu il est traité\u003cbr\u003eDe l’Art de commander les esprits infernaux, aériens et terrestres, faire apparaître les morts, lire dans les astres, découvrir les trésors, sources minières, \u0026amp;, \u0026amp;, \u0026amp;, plus La Poule Noire\u003cbr\u003eÉdition augmentée des secrets de la reine Cléopâtre, secrets pour se rendre invisible, secrets d’Artéphius, etc., etc., etc.\u003cbr\u003eAvec la marque d’ASTRAROTH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(S.L.N.D.) Sur l’édition de 1521. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagnificently preserved copy of the Dupont edition for Delarue, printed on \u003cb\u003eArches paper\u003c\/b\u003e, circa 1911.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally a small \u003cb\u003echapbook\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003elivret de colportage\u003c\/i\u003e) inspired by the \"Grand Grimoire,\" leading to numerous reprints, the first of which likely appeared toward the end of the 18th century. This work—the \"Masterpiece of Grimoires\" according to Papus—is considered dangerous by some, as it is \"one of the rare treatises detailing the means of making pacts.\" (1)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntelligently designed, this book acts as a conduit for esoteric imagery, magical rituals, Satanic pacts, and folk recipes that have spanned centuries. Directly inspired by the \u003ci\u003eGrand Grimoire\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eKey of Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e, its visual content is embedded in the collective unconscious of our civilization, transmitting occult teachings from the highest antiquity (2) (3).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe creators of this book were certainly aware of this; by finely mastering these codes, they produced a fascinating object on several levels. A source of entertainment for the indifferent, fear for the ignorant, and fascination for the initiate, its presence leaves no one unmoved, regardless of the era in which it is read. Despite its secretive and magical appearance, it possesses an intrinsic universal language that will surely \"speak\" to our grandchildren just as it did to our great-grandparents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegarding the editions titled \u003ci\u003eLe Véritable Dragon Rouge\u003c\/i\u003e dated \"MDXXI\" (1521) from the publishers Blocquel, Goupy, and Delarue: these were actually printed between 1860 and 1923. Seven versions have been identified by Frederick Coxe. They differ in content and publisher’s imprints. For instance, the Blocquel edition (c. 1860) bears the mention \"Lille Imprimerie de Blocquel.\" Certain editions after 1866, like the present copy, feature a publisher's \"code\" on the last page. The final 1923 edition bears no mention of publisher or code.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuodecimo (163 x 103 mm)\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003ehalf-leather\u003c\/b\u003e binding, spine with \u003cb\u003efive raised bands\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003egilt fleurons\u003c\/b\u003e in the compartments. Marbled paper boards. Gilt title on a red leather label. Marbled endpapers. [1] f. frontispiece, [1] f. title, 108 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Usual rubbing to the edges. Interior very fresh on \u003cb\u003eArches paper\u003c\/b\u003e, with a few rare stains. A very fine copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(1) Papus quotes and historical data sourced from the comprehensive bibliography by \u003cb\u003eFrederick Coxe\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatalogue des grimoires et des livres de magie\u003c\/i\u003e, Édition du vélin blessé, 2025.\u003cbr\u003e(2) Parallel to be drawn with \u003cb\u003eTarot imagery\u003c\/b\u003e, which according to Papus is the \"Bible of Bibles,\" the Book of Thoth, and the primitive revelation of ancient civilizations. (Ref: Isabelle Nadolny, \u003ci\u003eHistoire du Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e, 2019).\u003cbr\u003e(3) As Jung established a link between the individual symbolism of dreams and medieval alchemy: \"These are, in particular, vestiges of the spirit of Antiquity... which eventually found asylum in the natural philosophy of the Middle Ages.\" (C. G. Jung, \u003ci\u003ePsychology and Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e, 1944).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaillet I 490.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon livre rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53900122554708,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Veritable_Dragon_Rouge_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1773052361"},{"product_id":"gontcharova-natalia-die-mar-von-der-heerfahrt-igors","title":"GONTCHAROVA Natalia. Die Mär von der Heerfahrt Igors","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e(The Tale of Igor’s Campaign)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eMunich: Orchis Verlag, 1923.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTechnical Description:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"23\"\u003eOctavo (272 x 185 mm)\u003c\/b\u003e. 80 pp., [2] ff. (genealogical tree), [1] f. (colophon). \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"102\"\u003ePublisher’s Bradel binding\u003c\/b\u003e in half-vellum with corners; the front board features a color \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"191\"\u003epochoir-printed\u003c\/b\u003e design reproducing one of the full-page illustrations. Gilt title on the spine. Red endpapers and flyleaves. Illustrated with \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"333\"\u003e36 original woodcuts\u003c\/b\u003e, colored by hand using the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"381\"\u003epochoir\u003c\/b\u003e technique, on heavy ivory wove paper with a fibrous and granular texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eLimited edition of 700 copies, this being No. 572.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eNatalia Gontcharova was the great-grandniece of Natalia Nikolaïevna Gontcharova, Pushkin's wife. A leading figure of the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"152\"\u003eRussian Avant-Garde\u003c\/b\u003e, she emigrated to Switzerland in 1915 before settling in Paris in 1918. A multi-disciplinary artist, her genius found expression in painting, illustration, and scenography (notably the sets for Rimsky-Korsakov's \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"384\"\u003eThe Golden Cockerel\u003c\/i\u003e in 1914).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Tale of Igor’s Campaign\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"29\"\u003eDie Mär von der Heerfahrt Igors\u003c\/i\u003e) is one of the most famous Slavic epics. It recounts the 1185 military campaign of Prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the Polovtsians (Cumans) and was rediscovered in a Russian monastery during the 18th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eGontcharova sublimates the \"Slavic soul\" of the Igor campaign through a \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"72\"\u003eNeo-Primitive\u003c\/b\u003e style with powerful \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"106\"\u003eCubo-Futurist\u003c\/b\u003e outlines. The choice of fibrous paper is perfectly consistent with the aesthetic of her woodcut designs and pochoir coloring. She creates here a sensitive \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"275\"\u003elivre d'artiste\u003c\/i\u003e which, despite its apparent sobriety, is charged with emotion. Through her art, Gontcharova plunges the reader into the heroism and savagery of this epic poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTo learn more:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.guggenheim.org\/articles\/findings\/artist-books-illustrated-by-natalia-goncharova\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Gontcharova Guggenheim Casaubon livre rare books\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eGuggenheim article on Gontcharova’s Prince Igor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eBooks illustrated by Natalia Gontcharova are rare and highly sought after. \u003cbr\u003eTheir beauty is consistently remarkable. If you possess an illustrated volume, please do not hesitate to contact the bookshop. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"202\"\u003eOther notable examples include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=firefox-b-d\u0026amp;hs=Wh99\u0026amp;sca_esv=edb761c6f2317886\u0026amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n7vsqjmhznGxgprfBYZB14F0G6hrw:1773053214103\u0026amp;udm=2\u0026amp;fbs=ADc_l-bpk8W4E-qsVlOvbGJcDwpnHC5OJXXTJvmMu2n9YYx-G8xzgQk24aW1N_FyIND5zVDd4bb14119C8nZHL5l4Fe3Q78DM888EmtVm1l7Ggrb1T-k21bF25hp3XwCXr-vCPa1y42EX9HYRnPj4sPUhWw0zia_tl7RLay1hBRV451K_ihvjrlh0ijmUIkii9cvFizi95v3\u0026amp;q=la+cit%C3%A9+gontcharova\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwjijPr30ZKTAxWod6QEHeCFL38QtKgLegQIFxAB\u0026amp;biw=1793\u0026amp;bih=983\u0026amp;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Gontcharova Casaubon Livre rare books\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"13,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eLa Cité\u003c\/i\u003e. Paris, 1920.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/artvee.com\/books\/conte-de-tsar-saltan-et-de-son-fils-le-glorieux-et-puissant-prince-gvidon-saltanovitch-et-de-sa-belle-princesse-cygne\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Gontcharova Casaubon livre rare books\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"13,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eConte de Tsar Saltan\u003c\/i\u003e. Paris, La Sirène, 1921\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition :\u003c\/b\u003e Cover \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"24\"\u003epitted\u003c\/b\u003e (lightly foxed\/spotted), paper showing a patina of use without any degradation to the illustrations. Some \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"137\"\u003efoxing\u003c\/b\u003e to the internal pages. The volume remains in very good condition, both in its structural integrity and the freshness of the interior illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon livre rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53900177342804,"sku":null,"price":2300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Gontcharova_Die_Mar_Igors_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1773590307"},{"product_id":"denis-maurice-les-petites-fleurs-de-saint-francois-d-assise","title":"DENIS Maurice. Les Petites Fleurs de Saint François d’Assise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLes Petites Fleurs de Saint François d’Assise.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e [The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi].\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis. Jacques Beltrand. 1913.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition of 120 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e on watermarked laid paper by the Imprimerie Nationale, published with the authorization of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice. \u003cstrong\u003eCopy No. 60\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFolio (265 x 364 mm). \u003c\/strong\u003eHalf Levant long-grain morocco with corners over vellum boards. Spine with five raised bands, gilt title label and date on the spine. Original wrappers preserved. One frontispiece, 79 compositions within the text, and over 250 floral borders. Collation: [12 pp], title page, 6 pp., [1] leaf Half-title, [1] leaf Frontispiece Title, 256 pp., [4].\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree years were required for the engraver Jacques Beltrand, assisted by his brothers, to execute all the woodcuts and successfully reproduce the full aesthetic quality of Maurice Denis's gouaches and watercolors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe engraving work makes this book a masterpiece in its own right within the history of modern bibliophilia. Breaking away from the hyper-realistic iconography of the era (Mucha, Schwabe, Bouguereau, Doré…), it positions itself as an heir to the Italian Primitives (Fra Angelico, Giotto… see the preface by André Pératé) while remaining steeped in new Symbolist themes, Art Nouveau curves, and Japonisme-inspired woodsurfing. One will also recognize the pastel color palette characteristic of the Nabis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book’s apocryphal themes suit Maurice Denis perfectly, offering him the ideal medium for his spiritual quest and the aesthetic renewal sought by the Nabis—those young Symbolist painters passionate about esotericism and spirituality, disciples of Gauguin, among whom Maurice Denis was a key figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe gospels of Saint Francis, while possessing their own canonical text, also have their apocrypha. Here recomposed and translated by André Pératé based on the 1822 and 1900 editions, they escape the rigid stature of the canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Little Flowers (Fioretti in Italian) serve as the surroundings to the Great Text—those small, cast-aside writings that live in the shadow of major narratives, sharing the Saint's life more simply, with less conformism and solemnity. These \"sidebar\" stories, told orally, are the little flowers of a wonderful legend, devoutly sown and cultivated, which would go on to nourish the lore passed down through the centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minor rubbing to the spine caps and corners. Otherwise in very good condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon livre rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55843069657428,"sku":null,"price":1750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Maurice_Denis_Petites_Fleurs_Fracois_Assise_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1779139146"}],"url":"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/en\/collections\/xxeme.oembed","provider":"Casaubon livre rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}