Satire sur les Femmes.
by BECQUE, Maurice de. JUVENAL
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Éditions de la Lampe d’Or, 1923. Translated by Louis Jarty. One of only 40 deluxe copies printed on Japon with an extra suite of prints in shades of sanguine, this no.20. 30 hand-coloured aquatints by Maurice Becque highlighted in gilt. 4to., bound in later half maroon morocco with marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine lettered in gilt, original wrappers bound in. A sumptuous copy.||Maurice de Becque (1878-1928) was a noted French illustrator and painter, this is one of his later books with a sophisticated style and finish.| One of only 40 copies on japon with an extra suite of plates
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11025
- Title
- Satire sur les Femmes.
- Author
- BECQUE, Maurice de. JUVENAL
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Éditions de la Lampe d’Or
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Book,Illustrated
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...