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NEWTwo pieces in one hardcover volume, 200 x 129 boards, 196 x 121 block, bound in full marble calf outlined with triple gilt fillet, gilt filleted edges, dentelle inside, flat spine tooled in gilt with fleurons in compartments, burgundy morocco label lettered in gilt “POT | POURRI”, marbled endpapers, bookplate “MK” to front pastedown, all edges gilt, one flyleaf in the front and one in the rear, 18 engraved plates, incl. two frontispieces by François-Rolland Elluin after Antoine Borel, letterpress tailpieces and frames, printed on laid paper with illegible watermark. Collation: Part 1 (Tentation): h.t.π, t.p.1, + 9 leaves of framed text printed on one side of the leaf – pp. 2-9 on verso, p. 10 on recto, followed by 4 leaves of musical notation printed on both sides (numbered 1-8), i.e. 15 leaves, plus engraved frontispiece and 8 plates, unsigned. Text attributed to Michel-Jean Sedaine. Part 2 (Pot-pourri): h.t.π, t.p.1, + 9 leaves of framed text printed on one side of the leaf – p. 2 on recto, pp. 3-10 on verso, 1 leaf “FIN” followed by 6 leaves of musical notation printed on both sides (pp. 1-12, number 11 upside down), i.e. 18 leaves, plus engraved frontispiece (t.p.) and 8 plates, unsigned. Text attributed to Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet (1735-1769) Seller’s note: In-8, veau porphyre, encadrement de triple filet dorée sur les plats, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin bordeaux, coupes filetées, tranches dorées (Reliure de l’époque). Faux-titre, titre-frontispice, 10 ff., 8 gravures, 8 pp. de musique gravée ; Faux-titre, titre- frontispice, 10 ff., [1 f.], 8 gravures, 12 pp. de musique gravée. Même édition que la précédente, imprimée sur vergé. Menus frottements à la reliure, taches éparses. Catalogue raisonné: Cohen de Ricci p. 948; Dutel A № A-1049. Contributors : Michel-Jean Sedaine (French, 1719 – 1797) Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet [le jeune] (French, 1735 – 1769) François-Rolland Elluin (French, 1745 – 1810) Antoine Borel (French, 1743 – 1810)
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Hardcover, black cloth, 175 x 135 mm, red lettering to spine, red Phrygian cap and white weapons and tools to front cover, collated 8vo: 1-508 516, i.e. 406 leaves, pp. [1-7] 8-808 [4] incl. errata and illustrations, plus photo frontispiece; cream dust jacket with a vignette, red and black lettering to front and spine, black lettering to flaps. Title-page (red and black): ПЕСНИ | ПЕРВОЙ | ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ | РЕВОЛЮЦИИ | {vignette} | ПОДБОР ТЕКСТОВ, | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ И КОММЕНТАРИИ | А•ОЛЬШЕВСКОГО | • РЕДАКЦИЯ | М•ЗЕНКЕВИЧА И АБРАМА ЭФРОСА | ВВЕДЕНИЕ | Ц. ФРИДЛЯНДА | ACADEMIA | 1934 || Contra-title (red and black): ФРАНЦУЗСКАЯ | ЛИТЕРАТУРА | ПОД ОБЩЕЙ РЕДАКЦИЕЙ | А•М•ЭФРОСА | ПЕСНИ | ПЕРВОЙ ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ | РЕВОЛЮЦИИ | {vignette} | / 1789-1799 / | МОСКВА – ЛЕНИНГРАД | ACADEMIA | 1934 || Imprint: Суперобложка, переплет, | титул, шмуц-титула, | заставки и концовки | М. В. Маторина || Print run 5300 copies. Printer: Красный пролетарий (Moscow) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №661, p. 251-2. Contributors: Ольшевский [Овсянников], Александр Александрович [Russian, 1878 – 1951) – compiler Зенкевич, Михаил Александрович (Russian, 1886 – 1973) – editor Эфрос, Абрам Маркович (Russian-Jewish, 1888 – 1954) – editor Фридланд [Фридлянд], Цви (Russian-Israeli, 1898 – 1967) – preface Маторин, Михаил Владимирович (Russian, 1901 – 1976) – artist
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Unbound, unpaginated volume in illustrated French flapped wrappers, 360 x 270 mm, printed on mother-of-pearl Japanese paper, collated 154 + 142, 60+28, 44 leaves in-folio, folded in half, profusely illustrated with original colour lithograph, in a grey cloth clamshell box (390 x 290 x 90 mm) with inside pocket for CD (lacking), embossed vignette to front; limited edition of 284 copies, signed copy № 59 of 50 copies printed on Japon Nacré paper numbered 30-80. Includes 13 double-page colour plates signed by the artist, enriched with an original watercolour drawing on the back of the title-page, with autograph dedication "A Monsieur et Madame Kuhn Amicalement A Bonnefoit". Title-page (black and sanguine): GEORGES BRASSENS | VÉNUS | CALLIPYGE | Préface de Pierre Louki | Lithographies originales de | Alain BONNEFOIT | ÉDITIONS LATOUR – MARTIGNY || Colophon : Achevé d'imprimer | le 8 novembre 1993 | sur les presses de Pierre Jean Mathan | Boulogne-sur-Seine. | Les lithographies ont été tirées | dans les ateliers de Jean-Claude Perrin | Arts-Litho à Paris. | L'emboitage est de Piero Dallai | à Forence. || Deluxe edition of a collection of 13 songs by Brassens, illustrated with more than thirty original lithographs by Alain Bonnefoit, Contributors: Alain Bonnefoit (French, b. 1937) – artist Georges Brassens (French, 1821 – 1981) – author poetry Louki, Pierre (French, 1920 – 2006) – author preface Éditions Latour (Martigny) – publisher Pierre Jean Mathan (Boulogne-sur-Seine) – printer Jean-Claude Perrin, Arts-Litho (Paris) – lithorgapher Piero Dallai (Forence) – slipcase
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Title: Chansons | de Salles de Garde | {vignette} | Internat { À l’Enseigne des Trois Orfèvres } Quartier Latin || Collation: 21 leaves folded in half (84 pages), unpaginated, unbound, plus 40 plates (two-tone lithography) for 40 songs, in a flapped paper folder, in a green cardstock folder (slipcase without top and bottom?) with gilt diaper ornament. Text, music score, and drawings printed in brick red. Size: 28 x 22.5 cm. Edition: limited to 700 copies of which 100 (№ 1-100) on Vélin Arches, 650 (№ 101-650) on Vélin Spécial, and 50 without numbering marked “Exemplaire d’interne” on Vélin Supérieur. This copy is № 27. Catalogue raisonné: Dutel 1920 – 1970: 1192.
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Title-page: CHANSONS | DE | SALLES DE GARDE | {vignette} || Description: 27.5 x 18.5 cm, in pictorial French flapped wrapper and in a green cloth folder, vertically lettered to spine “CHANSONS” in black letters, a flute benith. Pagination: [1-3] 4-140 [4] plus 52 plates extraneous to collation (Dutel provides for 142 pp.) Illustrations: plates, headbands, vignettes to front wrapper, title-page and limitation page, as well as the vignette at the end, reproduced after drawings by Morvan (according to J.-P. Dutel) and hand-coloured with crayons (the question remains, is it Hervé Morvan, French, 1917 – 1980?) Limitation: 950 copies of which 25 marked A to Z; 25 copies consist of an additional suite and one original drawing (№ 1-25); 25 copies have an original drawing (№ 26-50), and 875 copies numbered 51 to 950. This copy is № 697. Catalogue raisonné: Dutel (1920-1970): № 1186.
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Cover (in red and black): BÉRANGER | CHANSONS | GALANTES | {vignette} || Title page (in red and black): BÉRANGER | CHANSONS | GALANTES | ORNEES DE 16 AQUARELLES | PAR | ROJAN | {vignette} | ÉDITIONS DE LA BELLE ÉTOILE | PARIS || Pagination: [2] – front wrapper, [2] – blank, [1-4] 5-157 [3] [2] blank, [2] – back wrapper; the total number of pages 168 + 16 plates, numerous in-text head- and tailpieces in black. Collation: 4to; [1] 2-214, wrapped leaves included in collation; the total number of leaves 84 + 16 plates. Colour illustrations: 16 full-page colour plates and 4 colour headpieces are produced by the so-called Duval-Beaufumé process (collotype and stencil) of reproductions after Rojan’s watercolours. Tirage: Limited edition of 1500 copies, of which this is № 1434. Binding: Publisher's French flapped cream wrappers with red and black lettering to front wrapper and black lettering to spine, wove paper (vélin Navarre), uncut. Size: 243 x 195 mm. Contributors: Béranger, Pierre-Jean de (French, 1780 – 1857) – author. Rojankovsky, Feodor [Rojan; Рожанковский, Фёдор Степанович] (Russian-American, 1891 – 1970) – artist. NOTE on technique: Micro-photography reveals that this is not a collotype but some sort of photochemical reproduction method, such as a halftone screen. The colour was applied with a stencil, indeed.
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Title (black and red): ШИЦЗИН | [device} | ИЗДАНИЕ ПОДГОТОВИЛИ | А.А. ШТУКИН И Н.Т. ФЕДОРЕНКО | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО АКАДЕМИИ НАУК СССР | МОСКВА | 1957 Title page verso: РЕДАКЦИОННАЯ КОЛЛЕГИЯ СЕРИИ «ЛИТЕРАТУРНЫЕ ПАМЯТНИКИ» (names) Ответственный редактор доктор филологических наук Н. Т. ФЕДОРЕНКО Поэтическая редакция А. Е. АДАЛИС Pagination: [1, 2] – serial h.t / title in Chinese 诗经, [3, 4] – t.p. / editorial board, [5, 6] – editorial / blank, [7, 8] – f.t. / blank, 9-610 [611] [612 colophon]; print run 3,500 copies. Collation: [1]8 2-398. Binding: 23 x 17.5 cm; serial green cloth blind-stamped with a scroll adorned with gold lettering to board and spine. Содержание: От редакции. — С. 5; Шицзин / Пер. A.A. Штукина: Нравы царств. — С. 7-193; Малые оды. — С. 195-325; Великие оды. — С. 327-409; Гимны. — С. 411-466. Приложения: Федоренко Н.Т. «Книга песен». — С. 469-530; Комментарии / Сост. A.A. Штукин, ред. В.А. Кривцов. — С. 531-600.
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