[AULNOY Madame d']. [LEVILLY]. The Blue Bird. Bernardin-Béchet, Editor, Quai des Augustins, 31, Paris. [About 1855]. Lith. Badoureau. Paris (15 x 13 cm). Leporello of (11) lithographed plates, stenciled: publisher's pale green paper boards, colored lithograph, bearing the title, applied to the first board, a young woman in period costume a blue bird on her hand. Beautiful lithographed alphabet book, colored with stencil and enhanced with gum arabic. Eleven paintings, plus the one on the cover, summarize the tale of Madame d'Aulnoy, they are signed by the designer and lithographer Levilly, Philéad-Salvador (1803-1883). Two letters per page, at the top in each corner, four for I, J, K, L and three for U, V, X, no W. The two lines of text at the foot do not begin with the page initials. Rare in such perfect condition.
Estimate
€350 - €500
Result
€500
Buyer's premium
25%
[AULNOY Madame d']. [LEVILLY].
The Blue Bird.
Bernardin-Béchet, Editor, Quai des Augustins, 31, Paris. [About 1855]. Lith. Badoureau. Paris (15 x 13 cm). Leporello of (11) lithographed plates, stenciled: publisher's pale green paper boards, colored lithograph, bearing the title, applied to the first board, a young woman in period costume a blue bird on her hand.
Beautiful lithographed alphabet book, colored with stencil and enhanced with gum arabic.
Eleven paintings, plus the one on the cover, summarize the tale of Madame d'Aulnoy, they are signed by the designer and lithographer Levilly, Philéad-Salvador (1803-1883).
Two letters per page, at the top in each corner, four for I, J, K, L and three for U, V, X, no W. The two lines of text at the foot do not begin with the page initials.
Rare in such perfect condition.
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