Description
FRANCE (Anatole) - STEINLEN (Théophile Alexandre). The Crainquebille Affair. Paris : Édouard Pelletan, 1901. - In-8, 255 x 180 : (1 f.), 101 pp., (4 ff.), printed cover. Dark brown half morocco, gilt fillets, spine gilt, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Canape). First edition illustrated with 62 compositions by Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN, including 6 full-page woodcuts by Ernest and Frédéric Florian, the Froment brothers, Gusman, Mathieu and Perrichon. Edition at 400 copies; one of 343 on vellum of the Papeteries du Marais (n° 141), enriched with a L.A.S. from the author (1 page in-12), undated, the subscription specimen, and an ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING BY STEINLEN, unsigned, placed under a cover, for one of the figures on page 74, depicting Crainquebille conversing with a client. A good copy bound by Canape.
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FRANCE (Anatole) - STEINLEN (Théophile Alexandre). The Crainquebille Affair. Paris : Édouard Pelletan, 1901. - In-8, 255 x 180 : (1 f.), 101 pp., (4 ff.), printed cover. Dark brown half morocco, gilt fillets, spine gilt, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Canape). First edition illustrated with 62 compositions by Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN, including 6 full-page woodcuts by Ernest and Frédéric Florian, the Froment brothers, Gusman, Mathieu and Perrichon. Edition at 400 copies; one of 343 on vellum of the Papeteries du Marais (n° 141), enriched with a L.A.S. from the author (1 page in-12), undated, the subscription specimen, and an ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING BY STEINLEN, unsigned, placed under a cover, for one of the figures on page 74, depicting Crainquebille conversing with a client. A good copy bound by Canape.
