Mendes, Catulle Hesperus. Illustrations en couleurs de Carloz Schwabe. Mit kol. Goldgeprägten Vortitel und farbigem Frontispiz, zahlr. Handkolorierten Tafeln sowie kolorierten Illustrationen im Text s…

Art Nouveau - Art Nouveau Mendes, Catulle Hesperus. Illustrations en couleurs de Carloz Schwabe. With col. gilt-stamped front cover and colored frontispiece, numerous hand-colored plates and colored illustrations in the text as well as a bound-in extra suite on Japan. Paris, Société de Propagation des Livres d`Art, 1904. 3 w. Bll., 96 p., 2 bll. 1 w. Leaf. 34 pp. (extra suite), 1 w. Bl. 4°. OPgt. with gilt stamped staff. Fillets a. 2 gilt stamped mont. (slightly stained, somewhat rubbed, corners and edges partly slightly bumped). Carteret IV, 276. Lonchamp 1997. Monod 8030 - One of 25 rom. num. Roman numbered copies of the special edition (GA 170). - Printed on vellum. - The illustrations of the extra suite on gossamer Japan each mounted on bound vélin. - Magnificent illustrations by the Swiss painter and graphic artist Carlos Schwabe, one of the most important symbolist book illustrators. - Inside cover with mounted bookplate. Bookplate. - Some browning in margins only, a few pages slightly stained or foxed or fingerstained. Overall very well preserved, the plates in extremely fresh and bright coloring. With col. gilt-stamped pre-title and coloured frontispiece, numerous hand-colored plates and coloured illustrations in the text as well as a bound-in extra suite on Japan. Orig. vellum with gilt staggered fillets a. 2 gilt mount. labels on spine (slightly stained, somewhat rubbed, corners and edges partly slightly bumped). - One of 25 roman numb. copies of the special edition (total ed. 170). - Printed on wove paper. - The illustrations of the extra suite on delicate Japan mounted on bound in wove paper. - Splendid illustrations by the Swiss painter and graphic artist Carlos Schwabe, one of the most important symbolist book illustrators. - Inside cover with mounted bookplate. Bookplate. - Only in the margins somewhat browned, a few pages slightly (finger)stained or foxed. Altogether in very well preserved condition, the plates in vivid coloring.