Hardcover volume 257 x 180 mm housed in marbled slipcase 265 x 180 mm with opening outlined in brown morocco, binding by René Kieffer in brown morocco, mosaic vignette in gilt and colours stamped to front and gilt vignette to rear board, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, gilt corners and fillets, gilt bookbinder signature inside, bookbinder’s ticket to flyleaf verso, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt; printed on thick wove paper produced by Perrigot-Masure; nine coloured etchings and 45 woodcuts after C. Picart le Doux; original woodcut pictorial wrappers preserved, [1-6] 7-67 [4] plus nine plates; enriched with a suite of uncoloured etchings in two states and a suite of woodcuts in ochre.
Limitation: The edition is limited to 100 copies, printed on October 20, 1909, at Imprimerie de l'Art Décoratif. This copy was printed for Mademoiselle E. Kieffer.
Title-page (brown and black): ALBERT SAMAIN | HYALIS | Le petit Faune aux yeux bleus | eaux fortes et bois gravés originaux | de C•PICART•LE•DOUX | {woodcut vignette} | COLLECTION•ECLECTIQUE | A•BLAIZOT | EDITEUR | 26•Rue le Peletier
/ RENÉ KIEFFER | RELIEUR D’ART | 47•R.St André des Arts / PARIS • 1909 ||
Imprint: TIRAGE UNIQUE | de cette édition de grand luxe | à 100 Exemplaires | contenant : | Trois états des eaux-fortes, dont l'eau-forte pure | et un tirage à part des bois | Exemplaire imprimé spécialement pour : | Mademoiselle E. KIEFFER | {woodcut vignette} ||
COLLABORATEURS | C. PICART LE Doux, Peintre-Graveur | ~ | E. DURAND, Directeur de l'Imprimerie Typographique | MAGORIEC, Compositeur | AYRAULT, Pressier | ~ | Eaux-fortes tirées par A. ROUTY | ~ | CARACTÈRES DE GIRALDON | fondus par la maison DEBERNY | ~ | Papiers à la forme de PERRIGOT-MASURE | ~ ||
Colophon: {woodcut vignette} | ACHEVÉ D'IMPRIMER | le 20 Octobre 1909 | par l'Imprimerie de l'Art Décoratif ||
Contributors:
Albert Samain (French, 1858 – 1900) – author.
Charles Alexandre Picart Le Doux (French, 1881 – 1959) – artist.
René Kieffer (French, 1876 – 1963) – bookbinder.
Auguste Blaizot (French, 1908 – 1941) – publisher.
Additional Information
| Collection | Bookbinding , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Early 20th century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Media/Technique | Colour woodcut , Etching , Paper , Perrigot-Masure , Soft-ground etching , Wood engraving , Woodcut , Wove paper |
| Subject | Art Deco , Bookbinding , France , French art , French literature , Illustrated books , Limited editions , Literature |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1909 |
| Creation / Publishing date | 20-OCT-1909 |
| Edition | 1st edition , Limited |
| Binding | Full morocco , Hardcover , Kieffer, René (French, 1876 – 1963) , Morocco , Mosaic binding , Slipcase |
| Location | Bookshelf 22.5. |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
