Lot 164
  • 164

Histoire des quatre fils Aymon

Estimate
1,800 - 2,500 USD
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Description

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Histoire des quatre fils Aymon, très nobles et très vaillans chevaliers. Paris: Charles Gillot for H. Launette, 1883



4to (11 x 8 3/4 in.; 278 x 222 mm). Many color-printed photo-relief illustrations and decorations ("chromotypogravure") by Charles Gillot after Eugene Grasset. Dark brown crushed morocco with emblematic gilt and onlay panel by S. David, argent floral brocade doublures and endleaves; small signs of wear at joints.

Literature

Carteret 4:204; Ray, French 357; Wick, Turn of a Century 48

Condition

small signs of wear at joints.
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Catalogue Note

Unnumbered example of 100 copies on china paper (of a total deluxe edition of 200). "A turning point in the history of illustration, Histoire des quatre fils Aymon proved an inexhaustible source for other artists as Art Nouveau became the dominant style of the period" (Ray).