Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Eaux-fortes originales de G. Jeanniot
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Eaux-fortes originales de G. Jeanniot
Author: Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos
Publisher: L. Carteret Editeur
Place of printing: Paris
Year of publication: 1914
Product Condition:
Work in two volumes, in good condition. Elegant half leather binding with marbled corners and plates, titles and rich gilt decorations on the spine, in good condition: slight peeling on the caps and on the edges of the plates. Gilded head cut, traces of dust on the cuts. Keep the editorial brochures. Paper ex-libris on the front covers of the two volumes. Papers well preserved, slightly browned with rare foxing. Texte en Français
Pages: (4),299,(3);(4),294,(3)
Format: Fourth
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 28
Width: 21
Description
Splendid edition of Laclos' masterpiece illustrated by 34 original etchings by Pierre Georges Jeanniot (2 vignettes on the title pages, 20 plates ft, 12 introduction and closing of the chapters). As indicated in the Colophon: Tirage unique 200 Exemplaires sur papier vélin du Marais avec les eaux-fortes originales en noir et en coleurs. (our copy bears the number 103). Therefore, all the etchings are present in the text in watercolor and preceded by the b/w copy. Our copy is further embellished by a splendid contemporary binding and an illustrious provenance: it comes in fact from the library of the Chateau d'Ermenonville
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