Lot no. 62
[COLLECTIVE] Modern Printmaking. In-folio (40 x 32 cm), mounted on tabs, publisher's khaki green percaline boards, green and gilt floral motif on the first cover, gilt title, gilt head. Set of the first 12 quires (out of 24) of the collection. 50 lithographs in black and in colour by the following artists: N° 1: L.-A. Girardot - M. Réalier-Dumas - L. Malteste - R. Ménard. No. 2: A.-M. Mucha - E. Berchmans - A. Berton - G. de Feure, No. 3: L. Rhead - G. de Latenay - M. Lenoir - P. Balluriau, No. 4: G. Darbour - C. Léandre - H. Héran - E.-A. Wéry, No. 5: M. Eliot - A. Point - A. Calbet - H. Bellery-Desfontaines, No. 6: A. Mucha - F.-A. Gorguet - A. Rassenfosse - C. Doudelet - P. Jouve, N° 7: H. Meunier - H.-J.-E. Evenepoel - A. Lévy - J. Wély, N° 8: F. M. Melchers - L. Lévy-Dhurmer - L. Simon - H. Boutet, N° 9: G.-M. Stevens - Aman Jean - A. Laurens - C. Bellanger, No. 10: E.-A. Artigue - A. Lepère - A. Donnay - R.-X. Prinet, No. 11: R. Engels - J. Jacquemin - E. Laurent - H. Christiansen, No. 12: L. Rhead - R. Ranft - P. de Chavannes - H. Detouche - F. Gottlob. Each plate is protected by a printed serpente. A dry stamp of the publisher, representing a child, is affixed to each print. The preface and cover of the first issue, by Mucha, are preserved. A magnificent collection of the greatest illustrators of the late 19th century. Slight foxing on a few pages, cover slightly rubbed.
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09/24/2024
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