?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
VOLUME 2 EMERGES AFTER 14 YEARS (HERTENBERGER, FERNAND.) Estaunié, Édouard. Les Choses Voient. Volume 2 only (of 2), 4o, etched illustrations by Hertenberger and an original charcoal drawing by hertenberger, signed, of the cul-de-lampe on page 33 of the lead female, Noémi, and the ghost of Clérabault, inserted at the front (some spotting), later morocco gilt by H. Blanchetiere with central brass plaque inset on upper cover of the same etching / charcoal drawing, some separation beginning at lower joint; gilt and leather borders and watered silk on endleaves; scattered moderate foxing; morocco-edged slipcase, scuffed. Paris: Cercle Parisien du Livre, 1930
number 111 of 132 copies specially bound by blanchetière. Volume 1 was sold separately by Christie's, New York, in their Illustrated Books sale on December 11, 1998. Bound at the rear are an additional illustrated half-title Inscribed and Signed by Hertenberger in 1932, a proof plate with remarques annotated by him, and a menu from a 1932 dinner at Restaurant Giroix.
