WAGREZ, Jacques-Clément

Lot 289
21.09.2021 15:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 289 | WAGREZ, Jacques-Clément
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€ 700 – 1 000
WAGREZ, Jacques-Clément (1846-1908; illustratore) - Giovanni BOCCACCIO (1313-75) - Le Decameron. Paris: H. Launette & G. Boudet, 1890.

A precious set in perfect condition of this sought-after 19th-century edition of the Decameron: an "ad personam" copy for the printer Gustave Boudet, one of 25 on Japon containing - in addition to 30 etchings in three states - an original signed watercolour by Wagrez and a separate suite of all the en-tête and culs-de-lampes "in bistro"
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4 volumes, folio (324 x 238mm). 30 etchings by Wagrez each repeated in 3 states: with the text, with the remarque and in pure etching; and a suite of illustrations. Fine brown morocco signed David, gilt fillets, dentelle and gilt edges, with editorial wrappers and specimens from the edition dated 1889 preserved. (4)

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