RICHEPIN (Jean) - LEPÈRE (Auguste). - Lot 620

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RICHEPIN (Jean) - LEPÈRE (Auguste). - Lot 620
RICHEPIN (Jean) - LEPÈRE (Auguste). Landscapes and Corners of Streets. Preface by Georges Vicaire. Paris : Librairie de la Collection des dix, 1900. - In-8, 240 x 161 : (2 ff.), XII, 157 pp. and (1 f.), illustrated cover. Havana morocco, gilt fillets on the boards, ornamented spine, framed in havana morocco inside, decorated with gilt fillets, orange moiré silk lining and endpapers, double guards, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, spine folder and overlapping bands of havana morocco, slipcase (Viau y Zona) A very beautiful work devoted to Paris and its suburbs, printed at 250 copies and illustrated with numerous colour compositions drawn and wood-engraved by Auguste LEPÈRE (1849-1918), of which 5 are full page. According to Carteret, it is "the best illustration of woodcuts in color by the artist" (Carteret, IV, p. 4). (Carteret, IV, p. 341). One of 200 copies on Arches paper (n° 223), perfectly bound and enriched with the subscription leaflet. Spine of the folder faded with some rubbing to the nerves. Stains on some pages.
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