J l ernest meissonier (2 resultados)

Full Cloth. Condición: Fair. Presumed FIRST EDITION. [1887] Full sage green with gilt lettering on the front cover. Bevelled edges, worn through cloth at the extremities, soiled, binding a weak with the webbing visible in the gutter behind the front cover. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall in FAIR condition. Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (21 February 1815 21 January 1891) was a leading French Classicist painter and sculptor famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes. He documented sieges and manoeuvres and was the teacher of Édouard Detaille. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. …

Couverture rigide. Michel Lévy frères | Paris 1858 | 12.50 x 18.50 cm | relié | Troisième édition en partie originale car augmentée de 12 contes. Reliure en demi chagrin noir, dos à quatre nerfs orné de doubles caissons dorés agrémentés en angles de motifs floraux dorés, petites traces de frottements sur le dos, plats de cartonnage noir épidermés, initiales dorées frappées au centre du premier plat, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve. En frontispice, un portrait de Meissonier gravé par Baland.Premier tirage des 34 vignettes de J.L. E. Meissonier et des 6 de Foulquier gravées sur bois. Quelques petites rousseurs. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] Third edition with some parts in first edition as it was expanded with 12 tales. Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments enhanced at corners with gilt floral motifs, minor traces of rubbing to spine, black paper boards with surface wear, gilt initials stamped at center of front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns. With frontispiece portrait of Meissonier engraved by Baland. First printing of the 34 vignettes by J.L. E. Meissonier and 6 by Foulquier engraved on wood. Some light foxing. *.…