[LAURENS (Henry)] - LUCIEN DE SAMOSATE.
Dialogues.
Paris: Tériade, [1951]. - In-folio, 384 x 285 : frontispice, 152 pp., (4 ff.), 23 plates, illustrated cover. In sheets, filled cover, editor's folder and case.

Superb edition of Les Dialogues de Lucien de Samosate from the translation by Émile Chambrey, printed by Théo Schmied and illustrated with 34 original woodblocks in colours by Henri LAURENS (1885-1954) : cover, 24 off-texts, 4 lettering, 4 culs-de-lampe and the table of plates on 2 leaves.

Edition of 275 copies on Arches laid paper, signed by the artist at the justification. This one is one of the 250 numbered in Arabic numerals (n° 116).

Perfectly preserved despite some wear and tear on the cardboard.
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[LAURENS (Henry)] - LUCIEN DE SAMOSATE. Dialogues. Paris: Tériade, [1951]. - In-folio, 384 x 285 : frontispice, 152 pp., (4 ff.), 23 plates, illustrated cover. In sheets, filled cover, editor's folder and case. Superb edition of Les Dialogues de Lucien de Samosate from the translation by Émile Chambrey, printed by Théo Schmied and illustrated with 34 original woodblocks in colours by Henri LAURENS (1885-1954) : cover, 24 off-texts, 4 lettering, 4 culs-de-lampe and the table of plates on 2 leaves. Edition of 275 copies on Arches laid paper, signed by the artist at the justification. This one is one of the 250 numbered in Arabic numerals (n° 116). Perfectly preserved despite some wear and tear on the cardboard.

Estimate
€400 - €500
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€1,062
Buyer's premium
25%
[LAURENS (Henry)] - LUCIEN DE SAMOSATE. Dialogues. Paris: Tériade, [1951]. - In-folio, 384 x 285 : frontispice, 152 pp., (4 ff.), 23 plates, illustrated cover. In sheets, filled cover, editor's folder and case. Superb edition of Les Dialogues de Lucien de Samosate from the translation by Émile Chambrey, printed by Théo Schmied and illustrated with 34 original woodblocks in colours by Henri LAURENS (1885-1954) : cover, 24 off-texts, 4 lettering, 4 culs-de-lampe and the table of plates on 2 leaves. Edition of 275 copies on Arches laid paper, signed by the artist at the justification. This one is one of the 250 numbered in Arabic numerals (n° 116). Perfectly preserved despite some wear and tear on the cardboard.
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