Live auction - Lot 723
[Eragny Press]
Abrégé de l'art poétique françois.
London, Hacon & Ricketts (Eragny Press), 1902
Hammer price: €
300
€ 100 / 200
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Lot description
8vo (some offset on flylvs).
Quarter buff paper (sl. soiled), gold stamped on upper cover, Michallet blue paper boards with a repeat pattern of "May blossom" printed in buff and green, handmade cardboard portfolio decor. with handmade paper. Uncut and unopened copy.
Limited edition to 226 copies on Arches paper printed in Vale and Greek (unnumb. copy). With 2 borders, 18 ornaments, 12 initials, one pressmark in b/w designed by Lucien and engraved by Esther Pissarro.
Ref. Genz, M.D. - A history of the Eragny Press 1894-1914, pp. 182-184. - Ransom (Eragny Press) 14. - Tomkinson (Eragny Press) 15.