H. Piazza

Cover of L'Estampe Moderne n°23 Mars 1899

L'Estampe Moderne, Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson & H.Piazza, Paris March 1899, 41 x 56 cm, one leaf

Original large margin print in black and white serving as the cover of the famous monthly publication Estampe Moderne. Entirely printed in black and white, our print is the cover of the rare collection in a large-margin luxury print of the first year of publication. Artist's signature on the board and number of the luxury print added in pencil.
A magnificent monthly French publication published between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne comprised unpublished chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche...

Rare original color lithograph, executed by Edmond Pilon for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 24 published in April 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on verso; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, the title, and a text, slight shadow corresponding to the engraving.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from La maison d'exil by Guillaume Pilon, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe Moderne consists of...

Rare original colour lithograph, executed by Marguerite Delorme for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 24 published in April 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe printing on verso; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, title, and text, trace of angular fold.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Mes poupées by Julia Daudet, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original...

Rare original color lithograph, executed by Victor Prouvé for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 20 published in December 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe printing on the verso; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, the title, and an extract from a work.
Lithograph inspired by three stanzas extracted from a poem by J. Mouret, reproduced on the tissue guard of the print.
Magnificent French monthly publication issued between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of...

Rare original lithograph, executed by Henry Detouche for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 12 published in April 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with large margins, artist's signature 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 stamp of the deluxe edition on verso, pale marginal foxing, small dark dampstain in corner, slight trace of the stamp from the previous engraving on recto.
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...

Rare original lithograph, executed by Auguste Roedel for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 13 published in May 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature 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 stamp of the deluxe issue on the verso, pale marginal foxing.
Lithograph inspired by a poem by P. Dupont entitled Les fraises.
Magnificent French monthly publication issued between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consisted of original chromolithographs which, unlike other periodicals such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue...

“Beauty” – Original lithograph on Japan paper – L'Estampe Moderne Rare original color lithograph by Edward Burne-Jones for L'Estampe Moderne, series no. 3, published in July 1897.

One of 50 grand luxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, signed by the artist in the plate, publisher's embossed stamp showing a child in profile to lower margin, numbered stamp of the de luxe printing to verso, upper margin of proof slightly sunned; the print itself preceded by a silk paper guard with the name of the artist, the title of...

Rare original color lithograph, executed by Emile Auguste Wéry for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 4 published in August 1897.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on the reverse; engraving preceded by a tissue guard inscribed with the artist's name, title and presentation text; and another blank tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other reviews such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as...

Rare original lithograph executed by Charles Doudelet for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 6 published in October 1897.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with on the verso the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition, pale marginal foxing.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards, were created specifically by each artist for the...

Rare original lithograph executed by Maurice Réalier-Dumas for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 1 published in May 1897.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature 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 stamp of the deluxe printing on the verso, some foxing.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of previously unpublished chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards, were created specially by each artist for the...

"La femme au paon" - Original lithograph on Japan paper - L'Estampe Moderne

L'Estampe Moderne | Imprimerie Champenois pour C. H. Masson & H. Piazza | Paris (July 1897) | subject: 22.5 x 34 cm | plate: 40.8 x 55 cm | one leaf and one guard

Rare original color lithograph by Louis John Rhead for L'Estampe Moderne, series no. 3, published in July 1897.
One of 50 grand luxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, signed by the artist in the stone, publisher's embossed stamp showing a child in profile to lower margin, numbered stamp of the de luxe printing to verso, upper margin of proof slightly sunned; the print itself preceded by a silk paper guard with the name of the artist, the title...

The only edition, of 252 copies, this one of the 215 on vélin de Rives paper, hand-numbered by the publisher.

Rare signature by Mucha to title.

Cover fully illustrated with a large image in black and heightened in gold by Mucha, with 78 floral borders to text pages also by him, each also including a historiated decorative band at head.

Illustrated edition with 39 original compositions in color by Kay Nielsen and printed in 1500 copies numbered on Japan.
A small sunning at the bottom of the spine, otherwise nice copy.

Edition printed with 1500 numbered copies on Japan, illustrated with 88 compositions by Arthur Rackham: 1 bicolour illustration for the cover, 16 captioned colour plate illustrations under tissue paper, 6 plate illustrations in black, 10 in-texts, 16 vignettes, 17 culs-de-lampes and 22 decorative letters.
First cover board very lightly cracked at the top and the bottom, otherwise a beautiful copy.

First edition, one of 180 copies on vélin à la forme paper.
Spine skillfully restored.
With 132 original lithographs by Alfons Mucha.
A good and rare copy.

New edition with 24 original illustrations by Henri Cassiers, one of 800 numbered copies on vélin Cygne paper.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 145 copies on Japon Impérial paper without the black and white suite of illustrations mentioned in the justification, the tirage de tête after 35 copies on Japan Impérial with a suite in color and a suit in black and white.
With 19 plates hors-texte in colors and heightened in gold, 4 calligraphic initials in colors and figures to text also in colors by the Russian artist Boris Zworkyn.
Vertical crack to spine, but a very good and fresh copy with no spotting.

First edition illustrated with 21 original compositions in colors of Charles Samson, one of 100 numbered copies on Arches, deluxe edition.
Binding half morocco green bottle with corners, back with four nerves set with gold dotted dishes of cardboard so wooden guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers and backs, gilded head.
As it is stated in the justification of the draw-in fine, the book is full of suites in black and color illustrations.
In addition, our model is exceptionally enriched with three original color drawings signed by Charles Samson representing the Rue Mazarine, Boulevard du Palais and the Rue des Saules and montmartroises vines.
Some small minor foxing mainly...