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Arsène houssaye (former director of the comédie française) - [flameng, houssaye, brissartweight: 4 kg the binding is in poor condition with tears and piece missing on the covers (see photos), book has come unbound, rubbing and wear from use on the corners and edges of the sheets (inconsequential); the iconography of this volume is remarkable and makes the book worthwhile; with a blood red signed engraving of houssaye and arsène houssaye’s signature on the endpaper, in black ink pen (see photos), which is quite rare since houssaye hardly ever signed his books and almost never included a drawing (and it is quite lovely) of himself in them; even without these original parts, this book is highly sought after for its abundant iconography; with 9 frontispieces, 11 portraits of molière, 15 of armande béjart, 4 of molière’s daughter, 12 theatre scenes from molière and 12 photogravures]: molière, sa femme et sa filleplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedespite the previously mentioned flaws, this book is in good shape and deserves some minor restorationlarge folio measuring 47 x 33 cm, (publisher’s) softcover binding in parchment paper with title in black and red and 3 portrait medallions (madame béjart, molière, madeleine de molière) on the front cover, and an engraving in sanguine red of molière on the back coverpublished by dentu, au palais-royalcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiset of 63 black and blood red engravings, including 36 tip-insour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
39 €
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Beautiful copy enriched with a precious dedication by the author arsène houssaye “a léon plée”owner's name in gilded letters at the lower backfresh and clean interior, practically no foxing (rare)in good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website1 engraved portrait of the “roi voltaire” in frontispiecea very complete biography of the most important philosopher of the voltaire enlightenment, containing: his genealogy, his youth, his wives, his court, his ministers, his people, his conquests, his god, his dynastyone octavo volume with 408 pagesin very good conditionluxurious print on strong paper (velin) unjustified, volume established in a pleasant period binding in half-red basanecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableprovenance: eugene seligmann bookplatesmooth spine adorned with gilded toolingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebinding in good condition, light friction on the headdresses
40 €