Apr 12, 2012 - Sale 2275

Sale 2275 - Lot 98

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
UZANNE, OCTAVE, editor. L'Art et l'Idée. Revue Contemporaire Illustrée. 55 (instead of 50) plates by Vallotton, Rops, Chéret, Robida, and others, including additional black-and-white state of plates 9-13 in Volume 1. Half-titles. 2 volumes. Large 8vo, contemporary 3/4 dark green morocco by Pétrus Ruban, flat spines handsomely gilt-tooled to design of paint brushes, pallette, easel, and floral sprays, with onlaid morocco lettering pieces, original volume and part wrappers bound in; contents clean. Edwin B. Holden bookplates. Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1892

Additional Details

all published of a monthly review of art, literature, and bibliography, including articles on contemporary publishing and the book and art auction markets. The final number contains a survey of contemporary American literature. number 23 of 30 de luxe sets on Japon, from a total edition of 1660. With 12 (of 14) extra plates found only in the de luxe issue as described by Vicaire, lacking the lamp-black proof of the Volume 1 cover, and the final etching by Robida. Vicare V, 367-70.