ID 859166
Lot 136 | RACINE, Jean (1639-1699)
Estimate value
€ 6 000 – 9 000
Œuvres complètes. Paris : L. Aimé-Martin, 1820
RACINE, Jean (1639-1699). Œuvres complètes. Paris : L. Aimé-Martin, 1820.
Exemplaire en grand papier vélin, avec les gravures en trois états, dans une superbe reliure de Simier aux armes de la duchesse de Berry. Brunet, IV, col. 1080.
6 vol. in-8 (228 x 150 mm). Exemplaire sur grand papier vélin. 14 gravures d’après Prud’hon, Gérard, Girodet et d’autres. Chaque planche se trouve ici en trois états : eau-forte et deux états avant lettre, dont un sur Chine collé. Riches reliures de l’époque de Simier (signée en pied du dos du tome I, avec son étiquette) : maroquin citron à long grain, plats encadrés de filets gras et maigres et frappés au centre des armes de la Duchesse de Berry, pièces de maroquin bleu foncé mosaïquées aux angles, dos richement orné, pièces de titre et tomaison de maroquin noir, doublure et garde en papier aubergine, encadrement du même maroquin citron, tranches dorées. Provenance : reliure aux armes de Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles, Duchesse de Berry (1798 – 1870) (absent du catalogue de la bibliothèque de Rosny) -- ex-libris Henri Beraldi (1849-1931 ; sa vente, 1934, III, n°398).
Attractive copy bound at the time by royal bookbinder René Simier and bearing the arms of the Duchess of Berry. Large paper copy, with the plates in three states.
Artist: | Jean Racine (1639 - 1699) |
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Place of origin: | France |
Auction house category: | Books |
Artist: | Jean Racine (1639 - 1699) |
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Place of origin: | France |
Auction house category: | Books |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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