Georges RODENBACH

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some tears to leading edges, top edge gilt.
Some rubbing to joints, a discoloration mark to margin of front board, boards marginally browned, some light foxing to interior, the first three leaves tending to detach.
Numerous contributions including those by Alphonse Daudet, Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, Anatole France, Léon Cladel, Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Arène, Paul Nadar, François Coppée, Maurice Rollinat, Jules Troubat, André Gill, Georges Rodenbach, Emmanuel Des Essarts...
Rare complete third year.

Rare original color lithograph, executed by François Guiguet for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 21 published in January 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered deluxe edition stamp on the verso; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, title, and an extract from a work.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Georges Rodenbach's Miroir du ciel natal, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication issued between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe...

Rare original lithograph, executed by Charles Guérin for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 21 published in January 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered deluxe edition stamp on the verso, some foxing.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Georges Rodenbach's Miroir du ciel natal.
Magnificent French monthly publication issued between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other periodicals such as Les Maîtres...

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on chamois laid paper.
Unpublished letters and texts, preface by H. Mondor.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, deluxe copy.
Unpublished letters and texts, preface by Henri Mondor.
Handsome copy despite very light sunning to head of spine.

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on buff laid paper.
Unpublished letters and texts, preface by H. Mondor.
Handsome copy.

A collection of forty-three artist's proofs on Chine of woodcuts by Henri Paillard. These illustrations were executed for the 1900 edition of Georges Rodenbach's Bruges-la-morte. Fifty copies printed on Chine and one hundred and fifty copies on wove paper.

 

Bottle-green half morocco with corners, marbled green paper sides, gilt fillets, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, gilt compartments between the bands, author, title and date gilt-lettered on the spine, pastedowns of brown and green pebbled paper. Binding sunned, minute rubbing, corners slightly worn, a few scattered instances of foxing to the leaves.

Printed carte de visite of the symbolist poet Georges Rodenbach on which he added these few words for his friend Judith Gautier:
"Sincères remerciements à madame Judith Gautier pour son jugement du Musée des Béguines qui m'est précieuse, venant du maître qu'elle est. G.R.." ("Sincere thanks to Madame Judith Gautier for her judgment of the Musée des Béguines which is precious to me, coming from the master that she is. G.R.")

Bruges la Morte
Edition illustrated with pastel compositions by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, engraved by Lorrain, printed with 160 copies, ours being one of the few hors-commerce copies printed on Japan, specially printed for M. le Colonel Sicklès, the tirage de tête (deluxe copy) with 15 other numbered copies on Japan.

Our copy is complete with its five versions of illustrations planned for the copies on Japan, namely, a final version in color (in-text), an annotated color version, a blue version, a green version and a bistre version.

Edition illustrated with pastel compositions by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, engraved by Lorrain, printed with 160 copies, ours being one of the hors-commerce copies specially printed for Charles Flammarion. Our copy is complete with its four versions of illustrations: a final version in colour (in-text), an annotated colour version, a blue version and a green version.

A very beautiful copy.

New edition.
Pleasant full copy of his illustrated jacket.
Our copy is enriched by an autograph letter dated and signed by Elie Rodenbach, grandson of Georges Rodenbach, to the publisher of this book Jacques Antoine in which he is delighted to rediscover the text of his grandfather and is critical of Gaston Compère's preface reproaching him for over-emphasizing the defects of the work.

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on chamois laid paper.
Previously unpublished letters and texts, preface by H. Mondor.
Handsome copy.