Fables D'Esope Traduction Nouvelle Illustree par Arthur Rackham [SIGNED Numbered Limited Edition Original Cloth Binding]

Arthur Rackham

Verlag: Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1913

Beschreibung

Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1913, SIGNED Numbered Limited Edition. FABLES D'ESOPE. ARTHUR RACKHAM. Signed by the famous illustrator Arthur Rackham. First French edition. Bound in white buckram cloth with pictorial gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt, others edges untrimmed. 121 numbered pages measuring 11in x 9in. Very good condition, spine slightly darkened, some tanned to the edge of the title page, front and end papers and pastedowns. Thirteen colour plates (including frontispiece) mounted on heavy brown art paper. Captions printed in red on facing tissue sheets. 53 black and white drawings throughout the text, 19 full page. Limited run of only 430 copies signed by the artist, of which 375 are printed on vellum paper. This copy is number 317. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 11 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition darkened, gilt titles and decoration, small split to the base. Joints good condition. Corners good condition minor rubbing and wear. Boards good condition gilt decorated to the front board, bubbling and staining to the rear board. Page edges good condition gilt top edge, others untrimmed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition tanned, minor foxing. Free end papers good condition foxed. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned, minor foxing, one of the tissue guards is slightly separating from the text block. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1913 Binding: Hardback. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1686991357617

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Fables D'Esope Traduction Nouvelle Illustree...

Verlag: Paris: Hachette et Cie

Erscheinungsdatum: 1913

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: Limited Edition