Goupil & Cie

First edition printed in 1000 copies on laid paper. No. 870. One frontispiece heightened in colors and 51 illustrations printed in sepia and various tints, of superb execution.
Deluxe publisher's binding in full olive green long-grain morocco signed Durvand at foot of upper cover. Smooth spine richly decorated with 2 compartments with grotesques and the Empress's monogram, and various roulettes. Covers stamped with the Empress's arms at center, with a wide framing frieze with foliage in the corners. Interior frieze composed of Empire motifs. Edges gilt. Spine evenly faded. Traces of rubbing. Narrow leather split along upper joint after headcap, for several cm. Fresh overall but some...

First edition, one of the few numbered copies on Japan, the “tirage de tête”.
Binding in full dark midnight blue morocco, spine in four compartments with discreet recolouring, chocolate brown iridescent endpapers, frame of five gilt fillets and gilt fleurons in the corners of the paste-down endpapers, all edges gilt, preserved illustrated covers, slipcase lined with blue morocco, marbled paper boards, light blue baize interior, superb contemporary binding signed Meunier.
Preface by Gabriele D'Annunzio.
Work decorated with 54 monochrome and colour illustrations.
A very beautiful copy perfectly set in full morocco by Meunier.

Photoglypty in the format of a photographic plate, mounted on rigid cardboard from La galerie Contemporaine by Goupil. Photoglypty after the photograph by Tourtin.
Medium portrait of Théodore de Banville, hands crossed, 17x22cm. Light foxing in the margins. Fine condition.
Similar to a carbon print with its warm and deep tones, photoglypty is a complex photomechanical process for photographic reproduction that was used for about 20 years, from 1875 to 1895. Seeking an ideal and aesthetic image of famous men, the plates were always retouched and repainted, to smooth out an unsightly wrinkle or too bothersome defect, polish the hair, etc. Thus photography and printmaking merge in a...

Photoglyptie from the Galerie contemporaine. Portrait of Zola at the age of 35-40 years.
Mounted sheet on which a 19x24cm photoglyptie has been laid down. Caption at bottom of mount: Galerie Contemporaine, 126 boulevard de Magenta. Phot. Goupil et Cie. Cliché Carjat, 10, rue Notre-Dame de Lorette. One tiny white spot in the beard. Very fine condition.
Similar to a carbon print in its warm and deep tones, photoglyptie is a complex photomechanical process for photographic reproduction which was used by publishers for about 20 years, from 1875 to 1895. Seeking an ideal and aesthetic image of famous men, the plates were always retouched and repainted, to smooth out an unsightly...

Photoglypty from the Galerie contemporaine. Portrait of Edmond Goncourt.
Mounted sheet on which a photoglypty of 19x24cm has been laid down. Caption at the bottom of the mount: Galerie Contemporaine, 126 boulevard de Magenta. Phot. Goupil et Cie. Cliché Nadar, 51, rue d'Anjou-St-Honoré. Superb condition.
Handsome portrait of the writer seated, with a fixed and fierce gaze, a cigarette in his right hand, his elbow resting on attributes that represent him.
Close to a carbon print by its warm and deep tones, photoglypty is a complex photomechanical process of photographic reproduction which the publishing industry used for about 20 years, from 1875 to 1895. Seeking an ideal and...