Apr 24, 2008 - Sale 2143

Sale 2143 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
THEURIET, ANDRÉ. Sous Bois. Profusion of text woodcuts by H. Giacomelli, additional suite of the illustrations before letters, and an original watercolor by Giacomelli of robins on flowering branches on title-page. 8vo, deep green crushed morocco with brown morocco doublures inlaid with various colored moroccos in the form of leaves and berries, silk brocade leaf patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, by E. Carayon; original wrappers bound in, the front cover bearing another original watercolor by Giacomelli; morocco-edged slipcase. Ex-collection Eugene Field with his bookplate. Paris, 1883

Additional Details

one of only seventy-five numbered copies. There are two colophons in the book; the one in the rear correctly states that this (numbered 17) is part of the first seventy-five copies on China paper with the additional suite before letters.