Lot 214

Blanchetiere (H., binder).- Dinet (Étienne) Antar: Poeme Héroique Arabe, one of 300 copies, bound in dark red morocco with arabesque design, Paris, 1898.

 

Hammer Price: £1,900

Description

Blanchetière (H., binder).- Dinet (Étienne, artist) Antar: Poème Héroïque Arabe, translated by Marcel Devic, number 201 of 300 copies, colour frontispiece, plates, illustrations, borders and decorations by Étienne Dinet, bound in dark red morocco, by H.Blanchetière, covers with elaborate arabesque design of border, central lozenge and corner-pieces inlaid in turquoise, light brown, orange & lilac morocco and ruled or tooled in gilt, spine titled in gilt and with compartments of arabesque onlays and five raised bands, mid-blue morocco doublures with strapwork border in onlaid red morocco and gilt rules, brocade flyleaves, original wrappers bound in, g.e., signed at foot of front turn-in, very slight rubbing to one or two bands of spine, board slip-case (rubbed at edges), 4to (c.335 x 250mm.), Paris, 1898.

Description

Blanchetière (H., binder).- Dinet (Étienne, artist) Antar: Poème Héroïque Arabe, translated by Marcel Devic, number 201 of 300 copies, colour frontispiece, plates, illustrations, borders and decorations by Étienne Dinet, bound in dark red morocco, by H.Blanchetière, covers with elaborate arabesque design of border, central lozenge and corner-pieces inlaid in turquoise, light brown, orange & lilac morocco and ruled or tooled in gilt, spine titled in gilt and with compartments of arabesque onlays and five raised bands, mid-blue morocco doublures with strapwork border in onlaid red morocco and gilt rules, brocade flyleaves, original wrappers bound in, g.e., signed at foot of front turn-in, very slight rubbing to one or two bands of spine, board slip-case (rubbed at edges), 4to (c.335 x 250mm.), Paris, 1898.

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