TILLIER (Claude).
Mon oncle Benjamin. With a Preface by Monselet.
Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1881. - 2 volumes in-8, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, ornate ribbed spine, gilt lace inside, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved (Cuzin).

New edition illustrated with a portrait-frontispiece and 46 woodcut drawings by SAHIB by Prunaire, including 4 on the covers.

ONE OF THE FIRST 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON JAPON BLANC. Enriched with an original full-page watercolor by the artist and a suite of illustrations in sanguine before the letter.

A very fine copy bound by Cuzin.
Provenance: André Sciama, also known by the pseudonym Albert Semiane, with his bookplate.
Timed Thursday 22 June 2023・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 110

TILLIER (Claude). Mon oncle Benjamin. With a Preface by Monselet. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1881. - 2 volumes in-8, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, ornate ribbed spine, gilt lace inside, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved (Cuzin). New edition illustrated with a portrait-frontispiece and 46 woodcut drawings by SAHIB by Prunaire, including 4 on the covers. ONE OF THE FIRST 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON JAPON BLANC. Enriched with an original full-page watercolor by the artist and a suite of illustrations in sanguine before the letter. A very fine copy bound by Cuzin. Provenance: André Sciama, also known by the pseudonym Albert Semiane, with his bookplate.

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TILLIER (Claude). Mon oncle Benjamin. With a Preface by Monselet. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1881. - 2 volumes in-8, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, ornate ribbed spine, gilt lace inside, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved (Cuzin). New edition illustrated with a portrait-frontispiece and 46 woodcut drawings by SAHIB by Prunaire, including 4 on the covers. ONE OF THE FIRST 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON JAPON BLANC. Enriched with an original full-page watercolor by the artist and a suite of illustrations in sanguine before the letter. A very fine copy bound by Cuzin. Provenance: André Sciama, also known by the pseudonym Albert Semiane, with his bookplate.
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