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HELMAN, Isidore Stanislas Henri (1743-1809)

Lot 233
21.03.2024 13:00UTC +01:00
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Starting price
€ 2 600
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1173280
Lot 233 | HELMAN, Isidore Stanislas Henri (1743-1809)
Estimate value
€ 3 000 – 4 000
HELMAN, Isidore Stanislas Henri (1743-1809)
Abrégé historique des principaux traits de la vie de Confucius, célèbre philosophe chinois. Paris : chez l’auteur et chez M. Ponce, [1788].
Superbe exemplaire aux planches coloriées, en maroquin rouge de l’époque. Les gravures d’Isidore Helman ont été réalisées d’après les dessins originaux du missionnaire jésuite Joseph-Marie Amiot (1718-1793).
Cohen-de Ricci, col. 479 ; Cordier, Bibliotheca sinica, col. 667 ; Lust 729.

In-4 (275 x 205 mm). Édition originale. Le titre et toutes les pages de texte sont gravés ; illustré de 24 planches gravées par Helman, toutes mises en couleurs à l’époque.
Reliure française de l’époque : maroquin rouge, plats ornés d’un décor au « cadre losange-rectangle » doré, avec fers floraux, dos lisse orné, doublure et garde de tabis bleu ciel, encadrement de maroquin rouge avec roulette dorée sur la doublure, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches dorées (trou de punaise atteignant les planches et le texte, du début de volume à la 6e estampe, mouillure en marge inférieure de la totalité du volume, habiles restaurations aux coiffes et aux mors, quelques mouillures et accrocs).
Provenance : Rudolf von Gutmann (1880-1966 ; ex-libris, vente Sotheby’s, New York, 1993, lot n°46).

A very attractive copy, in contemporary red morocco, with all the plates in contemporary handcolouring.
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