Daniel VIERGE

Edition illustrated with 35 original compositions by Auguste Rodin, Eugène Carrière, Adolphe Willette, Daniel Vierge, Louis Dunki and Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, one of 10 numbered copies on China.
A pleasant copy.
Binding in full, long-grain, red morocco, spine decorated with triple gilt fillets and black typographical motifs, gilt roll tooling on the spine-ends, frame of quadruple gilt fillets adorned with gilt and black fleurons in the corner pieces of the boards, marbled endpapers, frame of gilt lace tooling on the pastedown endpapers, covers and spine preserved, gilt fillets on the leading edges, top edge gilt.
A very beautiful, perfectly set, copy of this work...

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours not numbered but printed for the publisher, a copy from the deluxe issue.

Half black morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, date gilt-stamped at foot, moiré paper sides, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed in blind by Ch. Septier.

Illustrated with 21 hors-texte engravings by Daniel Vierge, along with numerous in-text black-and-white engravings.

Our copy, as with all copies on Japan paper, includes the hors-texte engravings in two states.

A handsome and finely bound copy.

 

 

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated by Daniel Vierge and engraved by Privat-Richard.
Full blue cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double fillet and gilt date at foot, red morocco title-label, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed Paul Vié.
Signed autograph inscription from José Maria de Heredia to Ludovic Halévy who was a playwright, novelist and also librettist, jointly with Henri Meilhac, notably for the most famous works of Jacques Offenbach (La vie Parisienne, La belle Hélène, La Périchole) and Georges Bizet with Carmen.
Provenance: from the library of Ludovic Halévy with his...

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...

New edition illustrated by Daniel Vierge and engraved by Clément Bellenger, one of 1000 numbered copies on "Perfection" paper, the only printing with 50 on China paper.
Bradel binding in half vellum-style boards, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

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...