Odilon Redon (1840-1916 )Apocalypse of Saint John. 1899. Lithograph. Album size: 440 x 630. Mellerio 173 to 185; Johnson 104. Complete suite of 12 plates. Very nice and fresh proofs on chine applied on strong white vellum. All margins. Lithographed cover on strong beige japanese paper of the edition, signed with the initials in blue pencil on the 2nd plate at the foot, slightly faded (a few broken folds, light soiling and foxing, heavy dusting on the edges of the 3rd plate). Edition of 100 proofs. A. Vollard publisher. Detail of the plates : - And he had in his right hand seven stars... (Mellerio 174) . Small trace of glue visible in the black in the center left at low light. Very light freckles on the support. Small undulations on the right edge. - Then I saw in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne... (Mellerio 175). - And he who was mounted on it was called death (Mellerio 176). Tiny dots of rust or ink under the subject in the lower margin. - Then the angel took the censer (Mellerio 177). Two tiny ink dots above the subject in the upper margin. - and there fell from heaven a great star, burning like a torch (Mellerio 178). - ... a woman clothed with the Sun, (Mellerio 179). - And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven. (Mellerio 180). - After that, I saw an angel come down from heaven... (Mellerio 181). Almost imperceptible light foxing at the head of the folio. An ink dot in the upper margin. - ... and bound it for a thousand years (Mellerio 182). Small white spot in the bottom left corner (ink defect). Very light marginal foxing, barely perceptible. Two ink dots at the left edge of the folio. - And the devil who seduced them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur... (Mellerio 183). Minute bands of oxidation and a few spots of rust at the extreme edge of the folio. - And I John, I saw the holy city... (Mellerio 184). Tiny ink spots in the margins. - It is me, Jean, who saw and heard these things (Mellerio 185). Minimal dusting at the extreme edge of the folio. Small ink stain at foot of verso. "The album Apocalypse de saint Jean de Redon is different from those of the Nabis in that it refuses the color advocated by Vollard. The master of black takes up, through the revelations of the saint, the theme of the journey of the spirit, dear to symbolism. From print to print, the amateur is invited to join this mystical adventure, in the intimacy of his cabinet. He is guided by the captions of the lithographs that quote the last book of the New Testament and introduce in the Vollard editions a new relationship to the text." (Clara Roca, cartel of the exhibition "Limited Edition, Vollard, Petiet and the Master Print", exhibition at the Petit Palais, Paris, May 19-August 29, 2021).