J.-H. ROSNY

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of second thousand.
Bradel binding in half indigo cloth, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet and date at foot, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.

Illustrated edition with 120 original drawings by Daniel Vierge, one of 100 numbered copies on China paper.
Half tawny morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, the compartments enriched with mosaic morocco pieces in red, blue, brown and green, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved (front cover entirely sunned), top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Stroobants.
Handsome copy in perfect condition.
The work is complete with the portrait of Daniel Vierge as frontispiece, engraved in mezzotint, and the "remarque" by Daniel Vierge on the half-title page.
Our copy includes a suite of four unpublished original watercolors by Daniel Vierge engraved as etchings by G. Noyon, here in three states including pure etching and proof with remarque.
At the end of the volume and following, the prospectus written by Edouard Pelletan is included.
Manuscript signature of Daniel Vierge below the justification page.

Rare original lithograph, executed by Fernand Cormon for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 20 published in December 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, signed by the artist and dated in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing 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 Vamireh, roman des temps primitifs by Joseph-Henri Rosny.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other journals such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards, were created specially by each artist for the journal. Thus 100 prints appeared in total, covering the major artistic movements of the late nineteenth century: Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Pre-Raphaelites, Orientalists and Belle Époque. Each issue of four prints was printed in 2000 copies sold for 3.50F and 100 on Japan paper offered at 10F. Henri Piazza also planned a confidential deluxe printing: 50 copies on Japan paper with wide margins and 50 in black on China paper at the considerable price of 30F.
This print of handsome format is superbly printed on one of the most prestigious papers: China paper. "Despite all its qualities, China paper, too insubstantial, owes its reputation not to its own beauty, but rather to its particular affinity with printing ink. Its texture, smooth and soft at once, is more apt than any other to receive a beautiful impression. This property makes China paper sought after for printing engravings..." (Anatole France).
The interest of French collectors in artistic posters grew at the beginning of the 1890s. Octave Uzanne, to qualify this fever, invented the term "affichomanie". The poster, originally popular and pasted on the streets of the capital, then became an art object and its ephemeral medium became precious and destined for preservation.
Piazza decided to remove the poster from its advertising vocation and elevate it to the rank of a complete work of art on the same level as the luxury illustrated book. He thus composed a prestigious collection of entirely original works by the most prominent European artists of the moment: Georges de Feure, Eugène Grasset, Henri Detouche, Emile Berchmans, Louis Rhead, Gaston de Latenay, Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, Gustave-Max Stevens, Charles Doudelet, Hans Christiansen, Henri Fantin-Latour, Steinlen, Ibels, Engels, Willette, Henri Meunier, Evenepoël, Bellery-Desfontaines, Charles Léandre, etc.
A handsome copy.

First illustrated edition. Collection Edouard Guillaume Lotus bleu. The cover is dated 1896, the title page 1897. A frontispiece in double state, black and sanguine, 6 plates and head-pieces, tailpieces... The whole delicately erotic by Mittis. Printed on white glazed laid paper. Ordinary issue after 50 numbered copies on Japan paper and 50 numbered copies on China paper. Original wrappers preserved.

Contemporary full black shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with 2 small mirrored tools at head and a stylized tulip on spine. Gilt fillet frame on covers. Interior border. Top edge gilt. Wide margins. Some occasional pale scattered foxing.

 

Very handsome copy.

Prehistoric novel featuring one of the best-known characters from Rosny Aîné's prehistoric universe, Vamireh. In his wanderings, he encounters Elem, a young girl from another tribe, whom he captures. He must fight this clan to keep his conquest. We find the author's incredibly dense and lyrical style, typical of this fin de siècle period. With different groups of hominids, Rosny Aîné is the only and first author to give a plausible and realistic version of prehistory.

first edition on current paper, there is no mention of large papers.
Binding in half shagreen chocolate with corners, back slightly passed to five nerves with slight traces of rubbing without gravity, boards of marbled paper, preserved covers, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, golden head, Contemporary binding.
Autograph dedication signed by JH Rosny senior to Franz Jourdain.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Worming to covers, light foxing mainly affecting the first pages.