Book II - Sappho, Bion, Moschus.
Collection of compositions drawn by Anne-Louis …

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Book II - Sappho, Bion, Moschus. Collection of compositions drawn by Anne-Louis Girodet (1767-1824) Sheet 18 - Bion, The Death of Adonis 2 Black stone Height 19 Width 18 cm IMPORTANT INFORMATION This lot is sold by provisional auction with reunion option under number 81.

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Book II - Sappho, Bion, Moschus.

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Estim. 180 - 200 EUR

[Livre de fêtes]. Description des cérémonies et des fêtes qui ont eu lieu pour le baptême [...] [du] duc de Bordeaux [...] Recueil des décorations exécutées [...] Paris, Imprimerie Paul Renouard, 1827. Broadside, (3) ff, II-19 pp, contemporary red half-basin. First edition of this festive book, illustrated with 12 beautiful engraved plates after the king's architects, Jacques Hittorff and Jean-François Lecointe. It concerns the christening, celebrated on May 1, 1821 at Notre-Dame de Paris, of the future Comte de Chambord (1820-1883), pretender to the Crown of France. Good condition inside. Worn binding.

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[Japan - KUNIAKI (Utagawa)]. Set of 4 books c. 1880 in half-percaline bradel bindings with back covers covered with color prints by Utagawa Kuniaki. DAUDET, Sapho, 1884 (14e mille). - THEURIET, Les mauvais ménages, 1882 (8th ed.) - OHNET, Serge Panine, 1882 (39th ed.) - RICHEPIN, Les Blasphèmes, 1884 (21st ed.).

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[POINSINET DE SIVRY (Louis)]. Les Muses grecques, ou Traduction en vers françois de Plutus, Comédie d'ARISTOPHANE, suivie de la troisième éditions d'ANACREON, SAPHO, MOSCHUS, BÏON, TYRTHÉE ; de morceaux choisis de l'Anthologie, pareillement traduits en vers françois. Avec une Lettre sur la Traduction des Poëtes Grecs. Aux Deux-Ponts, Imprimerie Ducale, et se trouve à Paris, chez Lacombe, 1771. Small in-8 havana calf, richly decorated smooth spine, havana mar. title page, gilt iron with hydra at tail, triple gilt fillet framing covers with gilt arms in center (period binding). Arms poorly struck, barely legible. A fine copy bearing the arms of Jean-Armand, marquis de JOYEUSE et de VILLE-SUR-TOUR, comte de GRANDPRÉ (1718-1774). (O.H.R. 770, iron no. 3.)

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

[Drawing]. Guillaume DUBUFE (1853-1909). Unique suite of original plates, in watercolor and gold highlights, to illustrate Gounod's Sapho. In-folio, in sheets, in a red half-percaline wallet with corners, smooth muted spine, gilded listel and fillet on covers, fastened with distended elastic bands. Illustration project for an edition that apparently never saw the light of day. It consists of 14 plates on cardboard, including a title, a representation of Mrs. Krauss in the role of Sapho (small stains), 5 vignettes (4 of which were intended to appear at the head of four acts) and culs-de-lampe. All drawings are monogrammed or signed.

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