BÉDIER, Joseph (1864-1938) (trad.) et Robert ENGELS (1866-1926) - photo 1
BÉDIER, Joseph (1864-1938) (trad.) et Robert ENGELS (1866-1926) - photo 2
BÉDIER, Joseph (1864-1938) (trad.) et Robert ENGELS (1866-1926) - photo 3
BÉDIER, Joseph (1864-1938) (trad.) et Robert ENGELS (1866-1926) - photo 4

BÉDIER, Joseph (1864-1938) (trad.) et Robert ENGELS (1866-1926)

Lot 66
10.05.2021 11:00UTC +01:00
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€ 2 600
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 542298
Lot 66 | BÉDIER, Joseph (1864-1938) (trad.) et Robert ENGELS (1866-1926)
Estimate value
€ 3 000 – 4 000
BÉDIER, Joseph (1864-1938) (trad.) et Robert ENGELS (1866-1926). Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut, reconstitué d'après les poëmes français du XIIe siècle. Paris : l'Édition d'Art H. Piazza & Cie, 1900.

Exemplaire sur vélin d'Arches, avec double suite, dans une belle reliure figurative de Levitzky orné d'un décor incrusté. La superbe plaque qui orne la reliure s'inspire de la composition présente sur la couverture et le faux-titre de l'ouvrage. Mahé, I, col. 207-208 ; Carteret, Illustrés modernes, p. 382 ("intéressante publication cotée").

Grand in-4 (344 x 254 mm). 150 compositions en couleurs dans le texte par Robert Engels, qui a également réalisé la couverture, les lettrines, les fleurons et les culs-de-lampe. Un des 10 exemplaires sur grand vélin d'Arches "spécial" (n°11, second papier), comprenant une suite en couleurs sur Japon et une suite en noir sur Chine de toutes les compositions de Robert Engels (rares piqûres, très légers reports). Reliure signée de Levitzky : maroquin ébène, premier plat incrusté dans sa partie supérieure d’une plaque en relief représentant les profils des personnages éponymes en ivoire, sur fond de nacre figurant un château et un drakkar voguant sur les flots. La plaque présente également des pièces de métaux dorés et argentés, des pierres dures et des éclats de verre teinté. En partie médiane et inférieure du même plat, titre mosaïqué de maroquin havane, dos à nerfs et lettre dorée, doublure de maroquin havane avec encadrement de maroquin ébène et filet doré, garde de moire ardoise, tranches dorées sur témoins ,chemise à bande et étui (dos de la chemise passé, quelques frottements à l'étui).

Deluxe copy, bound by Levitzky with an inlaid mother-of-pearl composition.
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