Null Édouard-Jules CHIMOT (1880-1959)
Aphrodite
Suite of numerous plates in diff…

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Édouard-Jules CHIMOT (1880-1959) Aphrodite Suite of numerous plates in different states on different papers for the illustration of Aphrodite, Moeurs Antiques and Chrysis from Poèmes Antiques by Pierre Louys. Printing orders signed and commented by the artist. Circa 1930.

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Édouard-Jules CHIMOT (1880-1959) Aphrodite Suite of numerous plates in different states on different papers for the illustration of Aphrodite, Moeurs Antiques and Chrysis from Poèmes Antiques by Pierre Louys. Printing orders signed and commented by the artist. Circa 1930.

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CHIMOT (Édouard) - COLETTE. L'Envers du music-hall. Paris : Francis Guillot, [1937]. - In-4, 277 x 220: frontispiece, 199 pp. (2 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Maroquin burgundy janseniste, smooth spine, burgundy morocco edge-to-edge lining, gray suede endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, burgundy morocco spine and bands folder, slipcase (Devauchelle 1947). Very fine edition illustrated with 20 full-page color compositions by Édouard CHIMOT (1880-1959), engraved by Louis Maccard. Precious hors commerce artist's copy on japon, offered to Laurent Horny, bearing this justification in the art director's hand: "Exemplaire de présent hors commerce offert à Monsieur Laurent Horny. Georges Guillot." Enriched with a black suite of illustrations, an erotic plate in two states, and this double dispatch from the artist and Colette: à monsieur Laurent Horny // avec les hommages sympathiques // de l'artiste // Chimot to Monsieur Laurent Horny // in memory of the author // Colette Also included is a reproduction of a drawing by Jean Cocteau pasted on the first leaf after the cover. A very fine copy in a lined binding by Devauchelle, produced in 1947. A very well preserved copy. Provenance : Laurent Horny.

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CHIMOT (Édouard) - LOUŸS (Pierre). Les Poésies de Méléagre. Paris: Éditions d'art Devambez, 1926. - 2 volumes in-4, (4 ff.), 171 pp. and (1 f.), printed cover. Dark brown jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, framed in dark brown morocco inside, pink moiré silk lining and endpapers, double endpapers, gilt-edged head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved; and brown half morocco with wide bands, ribbed spine, gilt-edged head, untrimmed (for the suite volume), slipcase (Baudry). Edition illustrated with 15 original color etchings by Édouard CHIMOT (1880-1959), including 10 full-page. According to a note printed at the end of the book, this edition includes 29 epigrams translated here for the first time. Limited edition of 230 copies. This one, hors commerce, is one of the extra copies on Arches wove paper. It contains this autograph justification signed by Chimot: "exemplaire hors commerce // à mon amie Jacqueline Lévy Despas // avec mon affectueux souvenir // Chimot." The copy has been enriched in a separate volume with a black suite of etchings and 5 free plates in 4 or 5 states. The first of these free plates and its various states are duplicates. A fine copy. Provenance : Bibliothèque de Monsieur et Madame B. (June 4, 2021, no. 117).

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

LOUŸS (Pierre). Aphrodite. Paris, Éditions d'Art de l'intermédiaire du bibliophile, 1929. In-4, leaves, half-basane folder, slipcase. 16 original color etchings by Édouard Chimot, engraved in register. Edition of 300 copies, this one of 25 on Rives paper additionally printed for a group of bibliophiles. Spine of dust jacket rubbed.

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