Photo Bonhams, juin 2014
Lot 186 •
UZANNE (OCTAVE)
Le calendrier de Vénus, NUMBER 1 OF 4 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM IN RED AND BLACK, from an overall edition of 100 copies, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the colophon "To James Carleton Young for ever. This book of my youth alas! away.... Octave Uzanne", Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1880
Sold for £625 (€780) inc. premium.
The Property of a Collector
UZANNE (OCTAVE)
Le calendrier de Vénus, NUMBER 1 OF 4 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM IN RED AND BLACK, from an overall edition of 100 copies, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the colophon "To James Carleton Young for ever. This book of my youth alas! away.... Octave Uzanne", engraved frontispiece by Marius Perret, entirely untrimmed in crushed citron morocco by The French Binders, Garden City, N.Y., gilt lettered spine, morocco turn-ins and watered silk doublures, t.e.g., original printed pink wrappers bound in, 8vo, Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1880
FOOTNOTES
Provenance: James Carleton Young (1856-1918, American bibliophile, known in France as "Le Roi des Livres"), gifted by the author.
BOOKS, MAPS, MANUSCRIPTS AND HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS
London, Knightsbridge
18 Jun 2014 13:00 BST
Auction 21763.
Photo aimablement communiquée par Bonhams, Londres.
Autographe partiel.