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Catherine De Medicis. Limited Edition #450/1000
Bouchot, Henri · Paris
- Author
- Bouchot, Henri
- Date
- 1899
- Place
- Paris
- Publisher
- Goupil et Cie.
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Folio.(9.75" x 12.5") Limited Edition #450/1000. Full brown calf with elaborate gilt decoration framing a centered monogram (see pic). Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt author/title to second compartment, all others with gilt monogram centered to a field of gilt tri-dots, "gilt Paris 1899 at foot. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, spine lightly sun-faded with rubbing to head and foot of spine. Gutters strengthened with complimentary marbled paper (see pic). Rubbing to board edges and hinges. Foxing throughout, heavier towards front and rear. Illustrated with 48 engravings, 40 full page, and a hand-colored frontispiece. Foxing to the margins of most plates, two seen with foxing within image. Original covers bound in. Attestation page at the rear reads: This original edition of Catherine de Médicis was printed and the plates were engraved and produced by Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Co. Editors-Printers in Asnières-sur-Seine in the year 1899. This lavishly illustrated thick folio is exquisitely bound by master French bookbinder, Lucien Durvand (1852 – 1924), known for his elaborate gilt application, tooling and design work.
- Format
- Catherine de' Medici was an Italian noblewoman and Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 through her marriage to King Henry II. She was the mother of three French kings: Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. Catherine was a major patron of the arts during the late French Renaissance, supporting new artists and collecting Renaissance art. She also funded building projects like the Tuileries Palace, the Valois chapel, and extensions to the Château de Chenonceau. Limitation page states: (trans) A print run of Catherine de' Medici One thousand copies On handmade paper from the Blanchet Frères and Kléber manufacturers These copies are numbered by press from 1 to 1,000 Copy no. 450
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- Science & Medicine
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- S.I.7643
Catherine De Medicis. Limited Edition #450/1000
Author: Bouchot, Henri (26 September 1849, Beure - 10 October 1906, Paris)
Folio.(10" x 14")1899. Bouchot, Henri. Paris. Goupil et Cie. 3 Volumes complete. Quarter red leather over red cloth, gilt fancy rule with floriate corners framing covers. Spine with five raised bands, gilt author/title to second compartment, gilt vol# to fourth compartment, fields of tiny gilt fleur-di-lis in all other compartments, a gilt "E.F." towards foot, with fancy gilt to head and foot of spine. All edges speckled brown, marbled endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to some tips (see pic). Head and foot of spine with tiny closed tears, rubbing, but no loss. Page 43/44 of Vol.3 has a chunk of page lacking at foot, not affecting text. Fore-edge of boards on Vols. 1, 2 with water damage, all covers with some soiling, small stains (see pic). Gutters strengthened with binders tape. Illustrated with 40 engravings, 2 lithos of facsimile manuscript, and a folding map. List of subscribers to rear of Vol.3. Overall, a beautiful set of books.
From Wiki: Marie François Xavier Henry Bouchot (26 September 1849, Beure - 10 October 1906, Paris) was a French art historian and conservator.
Catherine de' Medici (13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian noblewoman born into the Medici family. She was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II and the mother of French kings Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. She was also the niece of Pope Clement VII. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" since she had extensive, albeit at times varying, influence on the political life of France.
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