CARLÈGLE (Charles-Émile) - LOUŸS (Pierre). Les Aventures du roi Pausole. Paris: Le Livre du bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut, [1924]. - Large in-8, 277x192: (6 ff.), 300 pp., (2 ff.), illustrated cover. Red morocco, boards framed with gilt fillets to which have been added fans of various kinds mosaicked in pink, red, white and green morocco, ribbed spine decorated in the same spirit, red morocco framing inside, decorated with gilt fillets and motifs, green moiré silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case (Semet et Plumelle). Edition of 1000 copies, illustrated with 90 color compositions by Charles-Émile CARLÈGLE (1877-1937), including 3 on the cover, one as a frontispiece, one on the title, one full-page and 84 in the text. These illustrations are different from those the artist produced for the 1908 edition. ONE OF THE 30 FIRST COPIES ON ANCIENT JAPON, with an original drawing by Carlègle, the one on the present copy having been used for the illustration on page 170. A very fine copy in mosaic binding by Semet et Plumelle. Hinge of first board cracked.
Estimate
€500 - €700
Result
€1,125
Buyer's premium
28%
CARLÈGLE (Charles-Émile) - LOUŸS (Pierre).
Les Aventures du roi Pausole.
Paris: Le Livre du bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut, [1924]. - Large in-8, 277x192: (6 ff.), 300 pp., (2 ff.), illustrated cover. Red morocco, boards framed with gilt fillets to which have been added fans of various kinds mosaicked in pink, red, white and green morocco, ribbed spine decorated in the same spirit, red morocco framing inside, decorated with gilt fillets and motifs, green moiré silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case (Semet et Plumelle).
Edition of 1000 copies, illustrated with 90 color compositions by Charles-Émile CARLÈGLE (1877-1937), including 3 on the cover, one as a frontispiece, one on the title, one full-page and 84 in the text. These illustrations are different from those the artist produced for the 1908 edition.
ONE OF THE 30 FIRST COPIES ON ANCIENT JAPON, with an original drawing by Carlègle, the one on the present copy having been used for the illustration on page 170.
A very fine copy in mosaic binding by Semet et Plumelle.
Hinge of first board cracked.
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