Thais by Anatole France (Illustrated by Raphael Freida) 1924 Limited Edition
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Thais by Anatole France (Illustrated by Raphael Freida) 1924 Limited Edition
$350.00 USD
Thais by Anatole France (Illustrated by Raphael Freida) 1924 Limited Edition
Authors: Anatole France
Location: Paris
Publisher: A. Plique & Cie
Date: 1924
Features: This copy is not numbered, the space for the number left blank. Otherwise appears to be one of the 700, numbered 81 to 780, on Velin de Rives (of a Limited Edition of 780 copies, plus 1 with the original drawings). Illustrated by Raphael Freida. Original covers with cover title illustration in color. Title page printed in red and black with small illustrated publisher's colophon in red. All other interior sheets including the illustration plates are inked in black. 9 tissue-guarded inserted illustration plates with Vélin de Rives watermark, includes the frontispiece. 8 illustrations within the text, and a tail piece illustration. Hand-pulled engravings. Erotic Art and Literature.
Book Condition: Good: The string binding is broken at pages 57, 65, and 121, so the book is in three pieces. All plates and sheets are present. Cover sheets lightly soiled, front cover edges torn at spine side. Interior bright, no foxing.
Notes: Google Translation of the Limitation page: "30 copies on imperial japan, numbers from 1 to 30, containing a series of engravings on japan, sanguine, a continuation on vellum of rivets, in black, and a continuation on velin of banks, in sanguine. 50 copies on vellum of Holland van gelder, numbers from 31 to 80, containing a continuation of the engravings on holland, in black, and a continuation in sanguine. 700 copies on vellum banks numbered from 81 to 780. 1 single copy on Imperial Japan, reprinted in 35x51 format, containing the original drawings of Raphael Frieda. EXAMPLE No ___" [The copy we have here is out of sequence, not numbered. Perhaps a publisher's copy. ]
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Authors: Anatole France
Location: Paris
Publisher: A. Plique & Cie
Date: 1924
Features: This copy is not numbered, the space for the number left blank. Otherwise appears to be one of the 700, numbered 81 to 780, on Velin de Rives (of a Limited Edition of 780 copies, plus 1 with the original drawings). Illustrated by Raphael Freida. Original covers with cover title illustration in color. Title page printed in red and black with small illustrated publisher's colophon in red. All other interior sheets including the illustration plates are inked in black. 9 tissue-guarded inserted illustration plates with Vélin de Rives watermark, includes the frontispiece. 8 illustrations within the text, and a tail piece illustration. Hand-pulled engravings. Erotic Art and Literature.
Book Condition: Good: The string binding is broken at pages 57, 65, and 121, so the book is in three pieces. All plates and sheets are present. Cover sheets lightly soiled, front cover edges torn at spine side. Interior bright, no foxing.
Notes: Google Translation of the Limitation page: "30 copies on imperial japan, numbers from 1 to 30, containing a series of engravings on japan, sanguine, a continuation on vellum of rivets, in black, and a continuation on velin of banks, in sanguine. 50 copies on vellum of Holland van gelder, numbers from 31 to 80, containing a continuation of the engravings on holland, in black, and a continuation in sanguine. 700 copies on vellum banks numbered from 81 to 780. 1 single copy on Imperial Japan, reprinted in 35x51 format, containing the original drawings of Raphael Frieda. EXAMPLE No ___" [The copy we have here is out of sequence, not numbered. Perhaps a publisher's copy. ]
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