Alfred SENSIER
La vie et l'oeuvre de J.F. Millet
A. Quantin|Paris 1881|22.50 x 33.50 cm|relié
SENSIER Alfred
La vie et l’oeuvre de J.F. Millet
A. Quantin, Paris 1881, 22.5 x 33.5 cm, bound
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.
Contemporary half black morocco Bradel binding over marbled paper boards by A. Tisseron, small scratches to head and foot of spine, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, corners slightly bumped.
12 hors-texte plates, here present in two states as in the tirage de tête, as well as 48 engravings to text reproducing works by Jean-François Millet.
Provenance: from the collection of the painter and engraver Jean Frélaut with his signature to one pastedown serving a
La vie et l’oeuvre de J.F. Millet
A. Quantin, Paris 1881, 22.5 x 33.5 cm, bound
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.
Contemporary half black morocco Bradel binding over marbled paper boards by A. Tisseron, small scratches to head and foot of spine, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, corners slightly bumped.
12 hors-texte plates, here present in two states as in the tirage de tête, as well as 48 engravings to text reproducing works by Jean-François Millet.
Provenance: from the collection of the painter and engraver Jean Frélaut with his signature to one pastedown serving a
€1,200