Histoire des Quatre Fils Aymon – Très Nobles et Très Vaillans Chevaliers.
GRASSET (Eugène) illustrated by Charles GILLOT
Paris - H. Launette - 1883
- Bookbinder : P. Goy et C. Vilaine
- Format : In-4.
- Number of volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding : Bound.
- Collation : 224 pp.
In a bordered case. Red half-shell wedge back binding. Spine ribbed with gold date on tail. Golden head. Cover preserved. Binding signed P. Goy and C. Naughty. The text is inserted on each page in a full-page colour illustration with a decorative border, several full-page colour illustrations, including chapter headings. Introduction and notes by Charles Marcilly and printed by Charles Gillot.
This is the first book printed in several colours by Charles Gillot by photo-engraving, using the "gillotage" technique. The layout is innovative, the frames overflow, the plans are superimposed. The illustration of the book is spectacularly rich, architectural motifs, costumes, weapons are finely drawn.
When it was published, Octave Uzanne considered it to be "the most beautiful book of the century". It is a reference example of the new luxury book that combines technical prowess with the emergence of a new bibliophilic style. A disciple of Violet le Duc, Eugène Grasset took more than two years to draw the plates of the four Aymon sons.
One of the jewels of the Art Nouveau illustrated books in a superb binding in perfect condition.
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