Description: Large volume collated in 4to, 33 x 25 cm, ¾ navy morocco bordered with a gilt double-fillet over marbled boards, raised bands, floral gilt arabesque in compartments, gilt lettering to spine, gilt endpapers, T.E.G. Text printed on wave paper watermarked “Whatman Turkey Mill 1884”; etchings printed on laid paper 32.2 x 24.3 cm, 20 x 13 platemark, 17 x 11 cm image; etched head- and tailpieces, initials. Printed on November 1, 1885.
Title-page: CATULLE MENDÈS | — | LES | îles d'Amour | Avec six Eaux-Fortes et trente-huit Dessins originaux | DE | G. FRAIPONT | {publisher’s device} | PARIS | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES DEUX MONDES | L. FRINZINE & Cie, ÉDITEURS | 1, Rue Bonaparte, 1 | – | M D CCC LXXXVI ||
Collation: 4to; π4, 1-114 122, total 50 leaves, two binder’s flyleaves in the front and in the back, and 6 plates extraneous to collation.
Pagination: [i-v] vi-vii [viii] [1-3] 4-85 [86] [6], total 100 pages, ils.
Limitation (printed in red and balck): 1000 copies on vergé (№ 1-1,000), 25 copies on Whatman (№ I-XXV), 15 copies on Japon Impérial (marked A-O). This is copy № III, signed by the publisher.
Contributors:
Catulle Mendès (French, 1841 – 1909) – author.
Gustave Fraipont (Belgian-French, 1849 – 1923) – artist.
Charles Unsinger (French, 1823 – 1891) – printer.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 19 AD , Late 19th century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Media/Technique | Copper engraving , Etching , Laid paper , Paper , Wove paper |
| Subject | 19th century , Etching , French literature , Illustrated books , Limited editions |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1886 |
| Creation / Publishing date | 01-NOV-1885 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Limited |
| Binding | 3/4 , Hardcover , Morocco |
| Size | 4to |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
