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Εικονογραφημένες εκδόσεις / Illustrated editions ΑΡΧΑΙΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΣ / ANCIENT WORLD
Lot. 8838
Starting Price: 50 €
ΑΡΙΣΤΟΦΑΝΗΣ ΛΥΣΙΣΤΡΑΤΗ. «ARISTOPHANE. Lysistrata traduction nouvelle, avec une introduction et des notes de Ch. Zevort ornée de plus de 100 gravures par Notor» Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898. 8vo, 179 pp. Nice half morocco binding with corners and guilt back. Original illustrated soft covers present but creased. Ex-libris of the French author “J.P.A Morange”.
Lot. 8839
Starting Price: 150 €
ΑΙΣΩΠΟΣ, “ESOPE en belle humeurs ou fables d’ Esope mise en Vaudevilles”, Paris, Batilliot fils, s.d. (1801?). 32mo, pp. 60, [1]. Double page coloured frontispiece and 62 full page engravings each for every fable. Contemporary red cover. Rare not found in NUC, Gumuchian, Osborn cat. Cohen-DeRicci attributes this to Pierre Blanchard (1727-1836), but Quèrard and RLIN records attribute the “Constitution en Vaudevilles” to François Marchant (1761-1799). Engraving on wood by Jean Baptiste Hüet the elder (1745-1811) or Jean Baptiste Hüet the younger (b. 1772).
Lot. 8840
Starting Price: 600 €
[ΑΙΣΩΠΟΣ] HERNANDEZ Mateo (ill.), “ESOPE Fables choisies”, Paris, Philippe Gonin, 1934. Folio, 91 loose leaves in cream wrappers, in slip cover. First edition. Rare edition of a total issue of only 89 copies and 15 copies for the collaborators printed on velin a la forme paper. This is ONE OF THE 15 copies numbered and signed by Gonin. Complete with 21 full-page lithographs by the Spanish sculptor, specialising in animals subjects Mateo Hernandez. Text in French by E. Chambry. External wear of the case, inside in Very Fine condition. Rare copy not in Monod, Carteret, Le Trésor du bibliophile, IV, p. 151. R A R E B O O K S , M A P S , P R I N T S , P H OTO G R A P H Y & D O C U M E N T S
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