[miniaturiste] VOLTAIRE / Jean GRADASSI - Le Siècle de Louis XV [1/150 ex

VOLTAIRE The Century of Louis XV Nice, Editions d'Art Sefer, 1986 2 volumes in-4 (26.4 cm x 20.8 cm) of 201-[4]pp. & 216-[7]pp. Edition of 1700 numbered copies on Arches vellum. Full garnet morocco leather binding, spine and boards richly ornamented with cold and gold tooling, garnet moiré silk endpapers and flyleaves, gilt top, boxed case (publisher's binding). Work illustrated with color miniatures by Jean Gradassi (including a double-page frontispiece, 12 plates hors-texte, initials and vignettes), enhanced with watercolor through stencil. One of the 150 numbered copies containing an original color illustration, a framed two-page color plate and a sequence of the drawing in dark carmine for the hors-texte illustrations, this one no. 70, well complete with its certificate of authenticity, enriched by the artist's pencil tribute on the title page of volume 1. Very fine copy.

Estimate:£465.38

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