L'Effort. La Madone. L’Antéchrist. L’Immortalité. La fin du monde., édition originale

Réf. 84021

€ 6200.00

HARAUCOURT (Edmond)

Paris - Les Bibliophiles contemporains - 1894

Bookbinder : Marius MICHEL
Format : In-4.
Number of volumes : 1 volume.
Binding : Hardcover.
Collation : 144 pp. et 16 pages (catalogue de l'éditeur).

Bound in black morocco, the first cover in large incised and painted leather bearing the title on a banderole and a decoration of thorny branches and nettles, framed inside with two gilded fillets, lining and endpapers in gold brocaded silk. Witnessed gilt edges. Cover without spine preserved. Binding signed Marius Michel.

This work, a perfect example of Art Nouveau, is illustrated on each page with a color composition organized around the text.

Each of the four tales is illustrated by a different artist using a particular technique: 18 original color lithographs by Alexandre Lunois for La Madone, 38 line-engraved and watercolored compositions by Eugène Courboin for L'Antéchrist, 33 compositions by Carlos Schwabe for L'Immortalité, including 10 in black engraved by Auguste Massé and 23 large watercolored floral frames, and a frontispiece and 47 symbolist drawings by Alexandre Séon for La Fin du monde.

The magnificent cover, illustrated on both sides, is signed by Léon Rudnicki.

LIMITED EDITION of 180 copies on vellum, after Carteret.

ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF SYMBOL ILLUSTRATION IN A PERFECT BINDING BY LUCIEN MAGNIN.