CHAMPFLEURY, Jules ADELINE
Le violon de faïence. La légende du violon de faïence
Librairie Conquet|Paris 1885 - 1895|13 x 19.30 cm|2 volumes reliés
Finely illustrated edition with 34 etchings by Jules Adeline. Deluxe copy, one of 150 copies on Japan Imperial paper, No. 129. La légende du violon de Faïence, first edition, one of 150 on Japan Imperial paper, deluxe copy. A blue composition for the cover and 8 etchings by Jules Adeline. Bibliophilic gems reflecting the refined taste of late 19th-century book collectors.
Full blue morocco binding for le Violon de Faïence. Half blue morocco binding with corners for La légende... The first signed by Maylander at the bottom of the front pastedown, the second on the endpaper. Spine with raised bands decorated, having turned green. Triple-ruled frame for le violon de faïence, wide inner border with raw silk endpapers. Double slipcase edged with morocco, varnished marbled paper, also signed by Maylander at the foot. Original wrappers preserved. 2 leaves of illustrated catalogues from the Conquet bookshop on Japan paper bound at rear. Superb copies, perfectly fresh and in irreproachable condition.
Le violon de faïence is a novel by Champfleury featuring two collectors of rare ceramics, one of whom is a violinist. La légende du violon de faïence, by the illustrator of Le Violon de Faïence, evokes the life of Champfleury who had just died and old Rouen. Adeline recounts anecdotes about the creation of the novel.
Full blue morocco binding for le Violon de Faïence. Half blue morocco binding with corners for La légende... The first signed by Maylander at the bottom of the front pastedown, the second on the endpaper. Spine with raised bands decorated, having turned green. Triple-ruled frame for le violon de faïence, wide inner border with raw silk endpapers. Double slipcase edged with morocco, varnished marbled paper, also signed by Maylander at the foot. Original wrappers preserved. 2 leaves of illustrated catalogues from the Conquet bookshop on Japan paper bound at rear. Superb copies, perfectly fresh and in irreproachable condition.
Le violon de faïence is a novel by Champfleury featuring two collectors of rare ceramics, one of whom is a violinist. La légende du violon de faïence, by the illustrator of Le Violon de Faïence, evokes the life of Champfleury who had just died and old Rouen. Adeline recounts anecdotes about the creation of the novel.
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