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Artcurial Toulouse - Jean-Louis Vedovato

51 - LA FONTAINE (J. de). TALES AND SHORT STORIES. Paris: Gibert Jeune, 1940. Two large quarto volumes, paperback, with padded covers. ILLUSTRATED EDITION featuring 32 color frontispieces and 77 black-and-white drawings in the text by BRUNELLESCHI. Second printing limited to 3,000 numbered copies—BRANTÔME. THE LIVES OF GALANT LADIES. Paris, Éditions de la Belle Étoile, 1938. Two volumes in 4½ quarto, red shagreen with corner caps, decorated ribbed spine, gilt title, gilt head, cover preserved (contemporary binding). ILLUSTRATED EDITION featuring stencil-colored drawings as inserts and within the text, as well as black-and-white drawings within the text by Jacques TOUCHET. ONE of 1,250 copies numbered on Navarre vellum - BEAUMARCHAIS. THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. P., Ferroud, 1930. Small 8vo, paperback. ILLUSTRATED EDITION by Gustave-Adolphe MOSSA, featuring 18 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS, including the cover and title vignettes, frontispiece, 5 headers, 5 full-page illustrations, and 5 end-piece illustrations. Gilded initials enhanced with watercolor. Limited edition of 970 copies. ONE of the 800 numbered copies on Arches vellum. SET OF 3 VOLUMES.

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€80 - 120

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30%

LA FONTAINE (J. de). TALES AND SHORT STORIES. Paris: Gibert Jeune, 1940. Two large quarto volumes, paperback, with padded covers. ILLUSTRATED EDITION featuring 32 color frontispieces and 77 black-and-white drawings in the text by BRUNELLESCHI. Second printing limited to 3,000 numbered copies—BRANTÔME. THE LIVES OF GALANT LADIES. Paris, Éditions de la Belle Étoile, 1938. Two volumes in 4½ quarto, red shagreen with corner caps, decorated ribbed spine, gilt title, gilt head, cover preserved (contemporary binding). ILLUSTRATED EDITION featuring stencil-colored drawings as inserts and within the text, as well as black-and-white drawings within the text by Jacques TOUCHET. ONE of 1,250 copies numbered on Navarre vellum - BEAUMARCHAIS. THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. P., Ferroud, 1930. Small 8vo, paperback. ILLUSTRATED EDITION by Gustave-Adolphe MOSSA, featuring 18 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS, including the cover and title vignettes, frontispiece, 5 headers, 5 full-page illustrations, and 5 end-piece illustrations. Gilded initials enhanced with watercolor. Limited edition of 970 copies. ONE of the 800 numbered copies on Arches vellum. SET OF 3 VOLUMES.

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Antique & Modern Books
Wednesday, November 18
02:30 PM
8, rue Pierre de Fermat
31000 Toulouse, France

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Artcurial Toulouse - Jean-Louis Vedovato +33 5 62 88 65 66 ventes@artcurial-toulouse.com
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 4,000 lots published

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