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50 - [FENCING]. MARS [Pen name of Maurice BONVOISIN]. FENCING AT THE ÉLYSÉE. Profiles of Fencers. Preface by A. Tavernier. Portrait of the Author by Carolus Duran. P., Ateliers de Reproductions Artistiques, 1882. Bradel folio, cream cloth, large title label with special gilt stamp on aubergine cloth glued to the front cover, plain, unmarked spine (contemporary binding) (3) ff., 4 pages of preface, (1) f. of portrait index. Small 2-cm tear at the top joint. ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED EDITION with 38 plates of PORTRAITS on tinted backgrounds, all mounted on tabs and accompanied by captioned borders. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies; this is the AUTHOR’S COPY (No. 100), bearing the author’s name and autograph signature in the margin. The portraits depict figures from the worlds of politics, business, journalism, the arts, etc., all dressed as fencers, foil in hand, except for Mars, sketched by Carolus Duran: Daniel Wilson, Paul Camuset, Auguste Dreyfus, Félix Faure, Léon Grévy, Aurélien Scholl, Baron R. Seillière, etc. Copy in EXCELLENT CONDITION, fresh, without a single foxing spot.
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[FENCING]. MARS [Pen name of Maurice BONVOISIN]. FENCING AT THE ÉLYSÉE. Profiles of Fencers. Preface by A. Tavernier. Portrait of the Author by Carolus Duran. P., Ateliers de Reproductions Artistiques, 1882. Bradel folio, cream cloth, large title label with special gilt stamp on aubergine cloth glued to the front cover, plain, unmarked spine (contemporary binding) (3) ff., 4 pages of preface, (1) f. of portrait index. Small 2-cm tear at the top joint. ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED EDITION with 38 plates of PORTRAITS on tinted backgrounds, all mounted on tabs and accompanied by captioned borders. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies; this is the AUTHOR’S COPY (No. 100), bearing the author’s name and autograph signature in the margin. The portraits depict figures from the worlds of politics, business, journalism, the arts, etc., all dressed as fencers, foil in hand, except for Mars, sketched by Carolus Duran: Daniel Wilson, Paul Camuset, Auguste Dreyfus, Félix Faure, Léon Grévy, Aurélien Scholl, Baron R. Seillière, etc. Copy in EXCELLENT CONDITION, fresh, without a single foxing spot.
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