BÉRALDI (Henri). - Lot 38

BÉRALDI (Henri). La Reliure du XIXe siècle. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1895-1897. - 4 volumes in-4, 285 x 198 : 2 frontispieces, XLIII, 125 pp., (1 f.), 45 plates, 1 facsimile, printed cover ; frontispiece, (2 ff.), 233 pp., (1 f.), 65 plates, 2 facsimiles, printed cover; frontispiece, (2 ff.), 230 pp. (1 f.), 82 plates, 1 facsimile, printed cover; (2 ff.), 253 pp. (1 f.), 103 plates, 2 facsimiles, printed cover. Jansenist burgundy morocco, ribbed spine, multiple gilt fillets inside, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved, edged slipcase (Chambolle-Duru). Edition of 295 numbered copies on Marais wove paper, one of the reference works on 19th-century bookbinding. It is illustrated with 10 facsimiles of autographs, including 4 in the frontispiece, 4 facsimiles of the bookbinder's album, 6 tracings of gilding, 283 plates of bindings and 2 plates of portraits. A very fine copy in full Chambolle-Duru binding. Spine very slightly faded, minor rubbing to some nerves. Brown marks on a few leaves in the first volume. Provenance: Bourlon de Rouvre, with bookplate.