BALZAC, Honoré de (1799-1850) et Gustave DORÉ (1832-1883) - photo 1
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BALZAC, Honoré de (1799-1850) et Gustave DORÉ (1832-1883)

Lot 45
22.05.2025 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 45 | BALZAC, Honoré de (1799-1850) et Gustave DORÉ (1832-1883)
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BALZAC, Honoré de (1799-1850) et Gustave DORÉ (1832-1883)
Les Contes drolatiques. Paris : Bureaux de la Société générale de Librairie, 1855.

Rare exemplaire sur Chine, enrichi d'un billet autographe de Gustave Doré. Carteret, III, pp. 48-56 ("Ce livre est considéré comme le chef-d’oeuvre d’illustration de Gustave Doré, il est apprécié pour son format agréable et la qualité de son illustration variée et abondante.")

In-8 (210 x 131 mm). Mention de cinquième édition, en réalité la quatrième, et première édition illustrée. Un des 25 exemplaires sur papier de Chine, non mis dans le commerce. Le présent exemplaire comporte l'erreur de pagination "XX" à la page XXI, comme les exemplaires de premier tirage sur papier courant (les autres changements sous presse ont été effectués). Illustré de 425 compositions gravées d'après Gustave Doré. Enrichi de 5 portraits gravés de l'auteur montés en début d'ouvrage, et d'un billet autographe signé de Gustave Doré à Fauvel (?), 1 p. à l'encre sur papier bleu, monté en début d'ouvrage. Reliure signée Allo : maroquin orange, médaillon central bordé d'un listel de maroquin vert et filets dorés, serti de quatres tirangles pareillement mosaïqués, enserrant un décor de petits fers dorés, double encadrement de filets dorés droits et courbes, petits fers aux écoiçons, dos à nerfs lettré or, compartiments ornés de filets et petits fers dorés, mosaïqués de formes géométriques de maroquin vert, dentelle intérieure dorée, tête dorée sur témoins. Étui.

One of 25 copies on China paper, this copy comprising an autograph note by Gustave Doré.
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