Presentation Set of Unbound Sheets Illustrated
by Sauvage, Sylvain
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
(Paris): (Editions au Bois Sacré), 1932. Limited edition. Disbound. Near fine. Portfolio of 10 bifolia. Nine of them are from Louys, 'Contes Antiques" and on is from 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses". All of them have a full page copperplate engraving in brilliant colors. Tere are also decorative initials, tailpieces and smaller illustrations. THe bifolium from 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses:" wraps the other bifolia and also contains the colophonL "exemplaire d'artiste. S. S." And on the front, an inscription from the artist: "Pour B. Mac-GUrrin En signe d'amitie. Sylvain Sauvage. 11 fev. 32" The recipient is likely Buckley Mac-Gurrin, muralist, whose papers are in the Smithsonian. One can speculate that Sauvage was presenting examples of his best work to the muralist.
The bifolia are in near fine condition with only a little toning from age, and are protected in a custom marbled paper portfolio.
The bifolia are in near fine condition with only a little toning from age, and are protected in a custom marbled paper portfolio.
The contents are:
1. from Les Liaisons Dafgereuses, the half titled with colored frontispiece on the reverse, and colophon on the second leaf.
From Contes Antiques:
2. XI-XIV
3. XIX-XXII
4. LXXV-LXXVIII
5. XLIX-LVI
6. CXVII-(3)
7. XCVII-CIV
8. CLXXIII-CLXXII
9. Title Page-(3).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22179
- Title
- Presentation Set of Unbound Sheets Illustrated
- Author
- Sauvage, Sylvain
- Format/Binding
- Disbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- (Editions au Bois Sacré)
- Place of Publication
- (Paris)
- Date Published
- 1932
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...