Lot n° 166
Estimation :
1200 - 1500
EUR
HUYSMANS (Joris Karl). A Vau-l'eau. 19 etchings and drypoint - Lot 166
HUYSMANS (Joris Karl). A Vau-l'eau. 19 etchings and drypoints by Edgar Chahine. P., Courville, 1933. In-4, garnet half-maroq, boards diagonally bound half in parchment vellum, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine cons. (Jean-Etienne).
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION of 220 copies; one of 170 on Arches, numbered, with a second state on Japon of the author's portrait, signed in pencil by the artist.
Attached, in identical binding but larger format, the very rare suite of 19 original etchings and drypoints by Chahine in proofs with remarks and signed, printed on antique paper, plus three state proofs and two unused etchings (Blaizot and Gautrot, pp. 103-112).
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