Eugène COURBOIN

Edition illustrated with 27 in-text monochrome decorations by Eugène Courboin and a double frontispiece, including one of Daniel Vierge interpreted as an etching by Frédéric Massé, one of 660 numbered copies on satin velin from Scotland, only print with 40 royal Japan.
Binding in half pale blue morocco, spine decorated with typographic motifs with a piece of black and flesh coloured mosaic morocco in the centre representing a faun playing the flute, title piece in navy blue morocco, frame of gilt fillets on the marbled paper boards, caillouté marbled endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Randeynes.
Small traces of foxing on the first board.
Pleasant, perfectly set copy.

Edition not put into commerce and printed in 160 nominative copies, ours for L.J. Baptiste Bourdery.
This publication is illustrated with 13 etchings engraved by Manesse after drawings by Eugène Courboin, including 7 headpieces and 6 tailpieces as well as 9 Art Nouveau style decorative border frames, in one tone repeated on each page, by Eugène Courboin.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth with corners, smooth spine faded and lightened decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, illustrated covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the plain endpapers of the binding.

L'Effort. La Madone. – L'Antéchrist. – L'Immortalité. – La Fin du monde First edition printed in 180 numbered copies on Arches paper and adorned with original Symbolist illustrations and Art Nouveau by Léon Rudnicki, Alexandre Lunois, Carlos Schwabe and Alexandre Séon, our copy was printed especially for Louis Bourdery.
Full brown shagreen binding, spine with gilt compartments adorned with gilt borders, gilt roll-tooling on the spine-ends, small signs of rubbing on the spine, boards decorated with triple gilt fillet framing as well as gilt decorative tools as a reminder of the clasps on medieval works, marbled endpapers, preserved illustrated covers and spine, floral gilt motifs to the upper and lower leading edges, contemporary binding.
The beautiful cover, the half title pages, as well as the nominative page, were entirely illustrated by Léon Rudnicki and colored by stencil.
La Madone is illustrated on each page using color lithography by Alexandre Lunois (17 compositions in total, of which the first is full-page).
L'Antéchrist decorated by Eugène Courbouin with 38 outline illustrations painted with watercolors, of which the first is full-page.
L'Immortalité is illustrated by 31 floral compositions colored by stencil on the line by Carlos Schwabe, with the exception of 10 leaves engraved by Massé.
La Fin du Monde is illustrated by 47 black die stamp drawings by Alexandre Séon.
Splendid Symbolist and Art Nouveau work designed by Octave Uzanne.

First edition with original illustrations by Eugène Courboin.
Publisher's full mouse-grey cloth binding, smooth spine, illustrated front cover, very light scratches of no importance to the rear cover, top edge gilt.
Work with illustrations in black and in colour, in-text and full-page.
Handsome copy.