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Theuriet, André
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
- printed book
La Vie rustique. Paris: Librairie artistique, H. Launette, 1888
In 4s (12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.; 315 x 235 mm). Title-page printed in red and black with wood-engraved vignette, half-title, pictorial title-page, 26 plates with captioned tissue guards, 90 illustrative head-and tailpieces and vignettes, by Clément Bellenger after Léon Lhermitte, with two suites of the illustrations (on paper and on chine tipped to sheets of japan paper) bound in at the end; a tipped-in note signed by L. Carteret lists approximately 19 illustrations lacking from the suites. Full brown morocco panelled in blind by Georges Cretté, inlaid bunches of grapes and grape leaves in corners, repeated in 3 compartments on spine, spine with 2 compartments lettered gilt, 4 raised bands, green silk moirédoublures with inlaid green morocco grape leaves in corners, edges gilt. Marbled slipcase tipped in brown morocco.
In 4s (12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.; 315 x 235 mm). Title-page printed in red and black with wood-engraved vignette, half-title, pictorial title-page, 26 plates with captioned tissue guards, 90 illustrative head-and tailpieces and vignettes, by Clément Bellenger after Léon Lhermitte, with two suites of the illustrations (on paper and on chine tipped to sheets of japan paper) bound in at the end; a tipped-in note signed by L. Carteret lists approximately 19 illustrations lacking from the suites. Full brown morocco panelled in blind by Georges Cretté, inlaid bunches of grapes and grape leaves in corners, repeated in 3 compartments on spine, spine with 2 compartments lettered gilt, 4 raised bands, green silk moirédoublures with inlaid green morocco grape leaves in corners, edges gilt. Marbled slipcase tipped in brown morocco.
Literature
Carteret 4:378; Ray, French 291
Condition
In 4s (12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.; 315 x 235 mm)Title-page printed in red and black wtih wood-engraved vignette, half-title, pictorial title-page, 26 plates with captioned tissue guards, 90 illustrative head-and tailpieces and vignettes, by Clément Bellenger after Léon Lhermitte, with two suites of the illustrations (on paper and on chine tipped to sheets of japan paper) bound in at the end; a tipped-in note signed by L. Carteret lists approximately 19 illustrations lacking from the suites. Full brown morocco panelled in blind by Georges Cretté, inlaid bunches of grapes and grape leaves in corners, repeated in 3 compartments on spine, spine with 2 compartments lettered gilt, 4 raised bands, green silk moirédoublures with inlaid green morocco grape leaves in corners, edges gilt. Marbled slipcase tipped in brown morocco.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Limited edition, copy 17 of 25 on imperial japan paper, from a total edition of 600. "Theuriet identified Lhermitte as the 'one man among our living painters who is best acquainted with the peasant and knows how to render his appearance with greatest truth' (p. vi). In illustrating his author's evocative account of the life of the countryside—its farms, villages, meadows, forests, and vineyards—Lhermitte avoided naturalism on the one hand and idealization on the other, offering sober and dignifed images" (Ray). This copy is a wonderfully preserved example in an early binding by Cretté.