Lot 217
Gérard (Manuel, binder).- Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, one of 50 copies on Japon Impérial, bound in black goatskin inlaid in various colours, by Manuel Gérard, Paris, 1928
Hammer Price: £2,400
Description
⁂ Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***
Gérard (Manuel, binder).- Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, number XLIV of 50 copies on Japon Impérial, from an edition limited to 353, mounted colour self-portrait of the author, 33 hand-coloured lithographed plates from the 1935 edition by Mariette Lydis all signed in pencil, tipped in facsimile plate, bound in black goatskin inlaid in various colours, by Manuel Gérard, upper cover with design of evil face surrounded by flames formed by blind rules with inlaid goatskin eyes, lips and wavy strips in red, green, orange and purple, spine titled in gilt, dark red calf doublures, black silk moiré linings, marbled flyleaves, original wrappers bound in, g.e., with half black goatskin chemise and painted board slip-case (rubbed and split at edges, crudely repaired with tape), 4to (binding c.330 x 260mm.), Paris, 1928.
Description
⁂ Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***
Gérard (Manuel, binder).- Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, number XLIV of 50 copies on Japon Impérial, from an edition limited to 353, mounted colour self-portrait of the author, 33 hand-coloured lithographed plates from the 1935 edition by Mariette Lydis all signed in pencil, tipped in facsimile plate, bound in black goatskin inlaid in various colours, by Manuel Gérard, upper cover with design of evil face surrounded by flames formed by blind rules with inlaid goatskin eyes, lips and wavy strips in red, green, orange and purple, spine titled in gilt, dark red calf doublures, black silk moiré linings, marbled flyleaves, original wrappers bound in, g.e., with half black goatskin chemise and painted board slip-case (rubbed and split at edges, crudely repaired with tape), 4to (binding c.330 x 260mm.), Paris, 1928.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter