MONTORGUEIL (Georges) - LEPÈRE (Auguste). Paris at random. Paris : printed for Henri Béraldi, 1895. - In-8, 231 x 152 : (4 ff.), 341 pp., (3 ff.), illustrated cover. Bradel half red morocco with corners, spine decorated with gilt frames and mosaics of green morocco, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, folder with spine and red morocco cover bands, lined case (E. Carayon, later folder and case). First edition dedicated to Jules Chéret, printed at 138 copies on vellum paper of the Papeteries du Marais, illustrated with a frontispiece, a title vignette repeated on the cover, and 221 compositions in the text, all woodcut by Auguste LEPÈRE (1849-1918). Beautiful copy bound by Carayon. The binding shows very fine and very discreet restorations. The folder and the case are later than the binding.
Estimate
€400 - €500
Result
€562
Buyer's premium
25%
MONTORGUEIL (Georges) - LEPÈRE (Auguste).
Paris at random.
Paris : printed for Henri Béraldi, 1895. - In-8, 231 x 152 : (4 ff.), 341 pp., (3 ff.), illustrated cover. Bradel half red morocco with corners, spine decorated with gilt frames and mosaics of green morocco, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, folder with spine and red morocco cover bands, lined case (E. Carayon, later folder and case).
First edition dedicated to Jules Chéret, printed at 138 copies on vellum paper of the Papeteries du Marais, illustrated with a frontispiece, a title vignette repeated on the cover, and 221 compositions in the text, all woodcut by Auguste LEPÈRE (1849-1918).
Beautiful copy bound by Carayon.
The binding shows very fine and very discreet restorations. The folder and the case are later than the binding.
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