Lot n° 201
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3000 - 4000
EUR
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Result
: 4 125EUR
DARAGNÈS (Jean-Gabriel) - NERVAL (Gérard de). The Enchanted - Lot 201
DARAGNÈS (Jean-Gabriel) - NERVAL (Gérard de). The Enchanted Hand. Macaronic history.
Paris: Léon Pichon, 1920. - In-8, 247 x 194: 89 pp., (3 ff.), printed cover. Fawn morocco, quadruple gilt fillets framed on the covers, oval medallion bearing the full title of the book in gilt capital letters in the centre of the first
cover, ornate
ribbed spine, framed with fawn morocco on the inside, decorated with gilt fillets, lining and endpapers of grey moiré silk
, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved (G. Schroeder).
Beautiful edition printed by Léon Pichon, printed in 426 copies, containing an unpublished preface by Henri de Régnier and illustrated with 30 woodcut compositions in the text by
the painter and engraver Jean-Gabriel DARAGNÈS (1886-1950).
THIS COPY IS THE ONLY ONE ON LARGE
STREET
VELLUM
, SPECIALLY PRINTED FOR DARAGNÈS.
It has been abundantly
enriched and includes the following pieces
:- 3 large drawings
in
gouache and Indian ink by Daragnès
for a single unpublished illustration;
- 93 original drawings by the artist, in different formats, including studies for almost
all the illustrations in the book;
- 97 proofs on China giving from 3 to 7
different
states of
each woodcut; -
the autograph manuscript signed with the preface by Henri de Régnier, consisting of 4 pages 1/2 in-8,
with almost no erasures;
- 3 L.
A
.S. de Henri de Régnier addressed to
Daragnès, 3 pages in-12
:1. Monday (1918): "I'm going to spend a few days in the country of Gerard de Nerval and I hope to be able to bring you back the little preface for
the Enchanted Hand".
2. Paris 5 December 1918: "I am happy that
you liked the
little preface to Le Nerval
".
3. Paris Friday 13 December 1918: "I would have been happy to
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