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72 - Pissarro, Lucien. The Queen of The Fishes. With 12 Woodcuts + 2 extra leafs Eragny Press for Vale Publications sold by John Lane at the sign of Bodley Head in Virgo Street London, 1894. - An adaption in English of a fairy tale of Valois, by Margaret Rust, Illustrated with 12 woodcuts (5 in color) by Lucien Pissarro. First book of Eragny Press, limited in 150 copies, in the original parchment vellum cover with golden vignette, guarded in a handcrafted light brown cardboard portfolio with flowers decor. With the book also a proof of the wood cut in color on page 7, with annotations in pencil, and an extra leaf of page 10, both loose. Ex libris: Rainforth Armitage Walker, with dedication in pen by Margaret Rust dated April 1895. Some foxing. Parchment cover, due to the nature of the paper, tends to lift at the edges. 25.3 x 18.8 cm

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USD 5,000 (€4,478)

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USD 7,000 - 8,000 (€6,200 - 7,200)

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25%

Pissarro, Lucien. The Queen of The Fishes. With 12 Woodcuts + 2 extra leafs Eragny Press for Vale Publications sold by John Lane at the sign of Bodley Head in Virgo Street London, 1894. - An adaption in English of a fairy tale of Valois, by Margaret Rust, Illustrated with 12 woodcuts (5 in color) by Lucien Pissarro. First book of Eragny Press, limited in 150 copies, in the original parchment vellum cover with golden vignette, guarded in a handcrafted light brown cardboard portfolio with flowers decor. With the book also a proof of the wood cut in color on page 7, with annotations in pencil, and an extra leaf of page 10, both loose. Ex libris: Rainforth Armitage Walker, with dedication in pen by Margaret Rust dated April 1895. Some foxing. Parchment cover, due to the nature of the paper, tends to lift at the edges. 25.3 x 18.8 cm

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Collector's Choice: Autumn 2026 Auction
Thursday, November 19
04:00 PM
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VA 20191 Reston, United States

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