Feb 12, 2015 - Sale 2373

Sale 2373 - Lot 265

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
EUGÈNE GRASSET (1845-1917) LES DOUZE MOIS DE 1889. Bound volume containg 24 plates.
11 1/4x8 inches, 28 1/2x20 1/4 cm. A. Lahure, Paris.
Condition B+: some wear on cover; time-staining and tears on some pages; wear along spine and some pages partially detached.
Les Douze Mois de 1889 as published in Vol. 9, No. 425 of Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui. 24 Gillotage chromotype calendar plates with zodiacal and botanical motifs by Grasset: 12 with decorative borders only, the other 12 with calendar text printed within; original wrappers with colored illustration by Paul Berthon (who also wrote the introductory text).