Georges ROCHEGROSSE

First edition.
Half-straw yellow shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double blind-stamped compartments at whose centers the gilt cipher of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin is repeated five times, gilt date at foot, turquoise morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant near-contemporary unsigned binding.
Work illustrated with a drawing by Georges Rochegrosse printed on China paper.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
Handsome copy...

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 10 on China paper.
Bradel binding in full red cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date at foot, black shagreen title label, double gilt fillet frame on boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed Dodé.
Work illustrated with a drawing by G. Rochegrosse as frontispiece printed on China paper.

First edition illustrated with a drawing by Georges Rochegrosse engraved as frontispiece.
Occasional foxing.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription from Théodore de Banville to Edouard Pailleron.

First edition, one of the copies on Japon.
Texts by Jules Renard, Anatole France, Sully-Prudhomme, Gustave Geffroy, Louis Tynaire, Gabriel Séailles, René Binet, Georges Renard...
Lithographed or wood-engraved illustrations in red and black by Eugène Carrière, Félix Régamey, Carlos Schwabe, Georges Rochegrosse, Alfred Lenoir, Auguste and Georges Leroux, Daniel Vierge, Charles Fouqueray, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Lucien Vogel, Charles Léandre, Henri Fantin-Latour, Eugène Grasset, Alexandre Lunois, Georges Scott...
Bradel binding in full paper, palladium title on smooth spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge palladium.
Handsome copy...

Illustrated edition with headpieces, initial letters in black and gold as well as 8 tipped-in colour plates by Georges-Marie Rochegrosse, one of 1000 numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome copy despite a small light dampstain at foot of front cover and to its verso, spine lightened and discolored as usual.

First edition.
Half caramel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double compartments at the centers of which the gilt paraph of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin is repeated five times, gilt date at foot, turquoise morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant near-contemporary unsigned binding.
Work illustrated with a drawing by Georges Rochegrosse printed on China paper.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.

Illustrated edition with frontispiece drawing by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse printed on China paper.
Bradel binding in full red paper with floral motif and moiré effect, smooth spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with some scratches, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

Oil on wood, signed lower right
This original work was used to illustrate a scene from “The Earth” in the first illustrated edition of Emile Zola's work, published by Marpon & Flammarion in 1889.

Oil on wood, signed lower right
This original work was used to illustrate a scene from “The Earth” in the first illustrated edition of Emile Zola's work, published by Marpon & Flammarion in 1889.

Illustrated edition with 15 original color compositions by Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse, one of the numbered copies on Arches vellum.
First cover marginally creased, first endpaper partially shadowed, handsome interior condition.

Edition illustrated with original illustrations by Georges Rochegrosse and F. Marcotte, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Illustrated by Georges Rochegrosse.
Foxing, not serious, to the covers, internally good.