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Le Poison des Pierreries
by Mauclair, Camille
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Bound in full blue crushed levant, gilt stamped spine in 6 compartments, covers decorated in an open double fillet border, inter
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud, 1903. Number 49 of 60 copies printed on Japan Paper, with the etched plates in three states, two of which are colored by hand, with an ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOLLOWING THE TITLE, SIGNED BY ROCHEGROSSE. 18 compositions de Georges Rochegrosse gravés à l'eau-forte en couleurs par E. Decisy. iii, 82 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full blue crushed levant, gilt stamped spine in 6 compartments, covers decorated in an open double fillet border, interlaced to form lozenges of various shapes, outer border of 4 fillets; doublures of brown levant morocco decorated with fan shaped gilt tooling, endpapers of brocade silk, gilt over rough edges, original covers bound in, each leaf mounted on separate hinge, by Affolter. In half blue morocco slipcase and chemise. Bookplate of Thomas B. Lockwood. Number 49 of 60 copies printed on Japan Paper, with the etched plates in three states, two of which are colored by hand, with an ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOLLOWING THE TITLE, SIGNED BY ROCHEGROSSE. 18 compositions de Georges Rochegrosse gravés à l'eau-forte en couleurs par E. Decisy. iii, 82 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Carteret IV, p. 268, "Une des bonnes illustrations de Rochegrosse, très estimée
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57976
- Title
- Le Poison des Pierreries
- Author
- Mauclair, Camille
- Format/Binding
- 18 compositions de Georges Rochegrosse gravés à l'eau-forte en couleurs par E. Decisy. iii, 82 pp. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in full blue crushed levant, gilt stamped spine in 6 compartments, covers decorated in an open double fillet border, inter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Number 49 of 60 copies printed on Japan Paper, with the etched p
- Publisher
- Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- French | Bindings | French
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Literature; Sets & Fine Bindings;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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