Steinlen

Jean Gutenberg suivi du Traitté des phantosmes de Nicole Langelier. Compositions de G. Bellenger Bellery-Desfontaines F. Florian et Steinlen gravées par Deloche Ernest et Frédéric Florian Froment et Mathieu.

1900 · réf. 39119 — Paris: Edouard Pelletan 1900. AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY OF THIS IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF FINE PRINTING AND WOOD-ENGRAVING. A livre d'artiste devoted to Gutenberg illustrated with 15 OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL WOOD-ENGRAVINGS by Deloche Ernest and Frédéric Florian Froment and Mathieu after G. Bellenger Bellery-Desfontaines F. Florian and Steinlen. From a total edition of only 113 numbered copies this is ONE OF ONLY 6 COPIES the best copies aside from the unique copy on real vellum printed on antique Japanese paper with two additional suites of the wood-engravings on Chinese paper and on antique Japanese paper. EACH OF THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS IN THE SUITES IS SIGNED BY THE ENGRAVER. This copy printed for FELIX LESEUR a French doctor and atheist who mocked his devoted young wife's beliefs until she too became an atheist. She later recovered her faith and after she died he became a priest. Large 4to. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY GRUEL signed IN FULL JANSENIST CHERRY MOROCCO with quintuple gilt filets on the turn-ins. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. All edges gilt. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS inside and out. In the original morocco-lined slipcase. A GORGEOUS PRODUCTION BRINGING TOGETHER LEADING ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS AND OF COURSE ONE OF THE GREAT BINDERS OF THE PERIOD. UNIQUE. Edouard Pelletan paperback