Lot 101 
101
Jules Michelet
La genèse de la mer. 1937
Stima:
€ 600 / $ 642 Risultato:
€ 960 / $ 1,027 ( commissione inclusa)
Carteret IV, 280: "Livre très recherchée et coté". - Monod 8135. - Talvart/Place XV, 67, 58. - Cf. Hesse II, 57ff. - 1 of 180 numb. copies on strong laid paper by Rives, signed by the artist in publisher's imprintand with a second series of the etchings as well as a plate in three states (complete print run 200). - "La typographie en est remarquable. Il est illustré de très belles eaux-fortes en couleurs et de nombreuses vignettes gravées sur bois" (Talvart/Place).
Personal copy for Lionel de Tastes and at the same time one of the copies including an etched menu at the end, containing a three-line autographed dedication signed by G. Daragnès for Monsieur de Tastes. Also with a signed watercolour by the artist, bound in as frontispiece (preliminary drawing for a print). - Joints minimally rubbed, else fine copy.
Rare luxury printing. 1 signed orig.-watercolour, 14 orig.-etchings in colour and 83 woodcuts in the text, all by G. Daragnès. Darkred full marocco with top edge gilt and green silk-endpapers. - 1 of 180 numb. copies, signed by the artist, incl. a second series of all etchings. Personal copy for Lionel de Tastes, with orig. watercolour and dedication by the artist. Well preserved.
101
Jules Michelet
La genèse de la mer. 1937
Stima:
€ 600 / $ 642 Risultato:
€ 960 / $ 1,027 ( commissione inclusa)