Important Manuscripts, Continental Books and Music
Important Manuscripts, Continental Books and Music
Auction Closed
December 3, 04:27 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
LEGRAND, LOUIS
Poëmes a l'eau-forte. Paris: Gustave Pellet, 1914
4to (238 x 184mm.), copy no. 4 of a limited edition of 80 copies, aquatints and illustrations by Legrand, crushed brown morocco gilt with coloured onlays by Joly fils, with holly, thistle and skull motifs, spine similarly decorated, top edge gilt, other uncut, decorated fabric endleaves, slipcase, original printed wrappers bound in
The illustrations by Legrand were designed for texts by Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Rimbaud, Gautier, Verlaine and others.
PROVENANCE:
Enrique Gutierrez-Roig, armorial bookplate