One volume in-4o, 26.5 x 21 x 4 cm, bound by Durvand (signed) in tan quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, top margin gilt, marbled endpapers, publisher’s wrappers preserved; enriched with 39 original prints after Félicien Rops.
Collation: 2 blanks, π5 (original front wrapper ‘Canicule’/blank, 2 blanks, h.t./justification, t.p/blank), 1-294 301 (paginated 1-233 [234]) χ1 (advert.) plus frontispiece (photographic seated portrait of Félicien Rops, collotype, artist unknown) and 39 leaves of bound-in original prints by various printers on different papers, with tissue guards; back wrapper and original spine, 2 blanks; loosely inset a marriage invitation for Dr Robert Fasquelle and Mlle Suzanne Luneau with a partial list of prints, incl. page numbers.
Title-page (red and black): Études sur quelques Artistes originaux | — | FÉLICIEN ROPS | par | CAMILLE LEMONNIER | {fleuron} | PARIS | H. FLOURY, ÉDITEUR | 1, Boulevard des Capucines, 1 | – | 1908 ||
Limitation: 125 copies with two original plates «Canicule» and «Seule» numbered 1-125, of which 100 copies on Japon à la forme, 25 copies on papier de Chine; plus 50 copies on papier vélin with one coloured plate «Canicule», numbered 126-175, printed by Edmond Deman in Brussels. Our copy is on dense wove paper (vélin), without a number.
Photographs here represent the original prints only.
Camille Lemonnier (Belgian, 1844 – 1913) – author.
Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833 – 1898) – artist.
Henri Floury (French, 1862 –1961) – publisher.
Edmond Deman (Belgian, 1857–1918) – printer.
Lucien Durvand (French, 1852 – 1924) – bookbinder.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library , Reference Books |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Catalogue raisonné |
| Period | 20 AD , Early 20th century |
| Language | French |
| Country | France |
| Subject | Art , Artist , Catalogue raisonné , Illustrated books |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1908 |
| Binding | Hardcover , Original , Quarter morocco , Wrappers |
| Size | 4to |
| Series | Études sur quelques artistes originaux |
| Edition | 1st edition , Enriched , Limited |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
