Jun 13, 2017 - Sale 2451

Sale 2451 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
(CAPPIELLO, LEONETTO.) Voltaire. Princesse de Babylone. 15 color plates by Cappiello, engraved on copper by Lorrain, three additional states bound in rear of volume printed in black, blue, and combined. Large 4to, beautiful binding by rené kieffer in brown morocco with Art Deco oval on covers defined by overlapping bands of multiple fillets of deep brown, with central gilt image of wild irises and leaves in plum and green calf, similar device and border repeated in two spine compartments in tan calf, triple fillet turn-ins; top edges trimmed and gilt; marbled paper board slipcase. Paris: Javel et Bourdeaux, 1928

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hors commerce copy of the deluxe edition of 40 printed on japon impérial in a beautiful binding. A sumptuous production that allowed Cappiello to discover a range of compositional styles to suit the text.