Two hardcover volumes, 205 x 160 mm each, uniformly bound in red quarter-shagreen over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, original wrappers preserved, marbled endpapers, previous owner’s bookplate to front pastedown “Ex libris de Alfred de Maghellen 02”, and his initials to spine. Text printed on wove paper, red initials, top margin speckled, other trimmed roughly.
La Rive Droite: [1-11] 12-278 [12], pagination includes wrappers; collated 8vo: ffl, front wrapper, π
3 [1]-17
8 18
4, rear wrapper, ffl; plates within collation, i.e. 145 leaves total, excl. ffls.
La Rive Gauche: [1-11] 12-290 [12], pagination includes wrappers; collated 8vo: ffl, front wrapper, π
3 1-18
8 19
2, rear wrapper, ffl; plates within collation, i.e. 151 leaves total, excl. ffls.
Title-page (red and black):
PARIS VIEUX & NEUF | DESSINS DE CHARLES HUARD | TEXTE PAR ANDRÉ BILLY |
LA RIVE GAUCHE (
LA RIVE DROITE) | ❦ | ÉDITÉ PAR
EUGÈNE REY, LIBRAIRE | 8, BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS, PARIS |
1909 ||
Colophon: IMPRIME | SUR LES PRESSES | DE " LA SEMEUSE " | POUR | EUGÈNE REY | LIBRAIRE-ÉDITEUR | PARIS ||
Contributors:
André Billy (French, 1882 – 1971) – author.
Charles Huard (French, 1874 – 1965) – artist.
Eugène Rey (French, 1868 – 1949) – publisher
Alfred de Maghellen (French, 1871 – 1959) – provenance (bookplate)
NEWTwo hardcover volumes, 205 x 160 mm each, uniformly bound in red quarter-shagreen over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, original wrappers preserved, marbled endpapers, previous owner’s bookplate to front pastedown “Ex libris de Alfred de Maghellen 02”, and his initials to spine. Text printed on wove paper, red initials, top margin speckled, other trimmed roughly. La Rive Droite: [1-11] 12-278 [12], pagination includes wrappers; collated 8vo: ffl, front wrapper, π3 [1]-178 184, rear wrapper, ffl; plates within collation, i.e. 145 leaves total, excl. ffls. La Rive Gauche: [1-11] 12-290 [12], pagination includes wrappers; collated 8vo: ffl, front wrapper, π3 1-188 192, rear wrapper, ffl; plates within collation, i.e. 151 leaves total, excl. ffls. Title-page (red and black): PARIS VIEUX & NEUF | DESSINS DE CHARLES HUARD | TEXTE PAR ANDRÉ BILLY | LA RIVE GAUCHE (LA RIVE DROITE) | ❦ | ÉDITÉ PAR EUGÈNE REY, LIBRAIRE | 8, BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS, PARIS | 1909 || Colophon: IMPRIME | SUR LES PRESSES | DE " LA SEMEUSE " | POUR | EUGÈNE REY | LIBRAIRE-ÉDITEUR | PARIS || Contributors: André Billy (French, 1882 – 1971) – author. Charles Huard (French, 1874 – 1965) – artist. Eugène Rey (French, 1868 – 1949) – publisher Alfred de Maghellen (French, 1871 – 1959) – provenance (bookplate)
