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La Princesse Badourah
by [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1914. First edition in French. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy 347. A handsomely restrained binding, ca. 1914, by Georges Levitsky (stamp-signed) in three-quarter antelope brown morocco with gilt rules over marbled paper boards. Original wrappers preserved. Ten mounted color plates within decorative borders. Housed in the binder's morocco- edged custom slipcase. A superb and very Fine copy.
With decorations not found in the English language editions, including nine designs of a different small tree in an urn on pages preceding each chapter; decorated initials at start of each chapter; seven tailpieces; two surrounds for for letterpress on limitation and colophon. The binder, Ukraine-born (1885) and trained, Georges Levitsky emigrated to Paris in 1907 and set up his own shop in 1910. His clients included King Albert I of Belgium and King Alexander I of Serbia, producing what would evolve into a "dynamic and resourceful" style (Duncan & Debartha).
Hughey 31c.
With decorations not found in the English language editions, including nine designs of a different small tree in an urn on pages preceding each chapter; decorated initials at start of each chapter; seven tailpieces; two surrounds for for letterpress on limitation and colophon. The binder, Ukraine-born (1885) and trained, Georges Levitsky emigrated to Paris in 1907 and set up his own shop in 1910. His clients included King Albert I of Belgium and King Alexander I of Serbia, producing what would evolve into a "dynamic and resourceful" style (Duncan & Debartha).
Hughey 31c.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3613
- Title
- La Princesse Badourah
- Author
- [Dulac, Edmund, illustrator]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in French
- Publisher
- L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1914
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Pasadena, California
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
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- First Edition
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