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Auction archive: Lot number 131

Grafigny, Lettres d'une Péruvienne, Paris, 1797, 2 volumes, blue morocco gilt by Simier, Béraldi copy

Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts
5 Jun 2021 - 15 Jun 2021
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$849 - US$1,132
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 131

Grafigny, Lettres d'une Péruvienne, Paris, 1797, 2 volumes, blue morocco gilt by Simier, Béraldi copy

Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts
5 Jun 2021 - 15 Jun 2021
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$849 - US$1,132
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Grafigny, Françoise, Madame de Lettres d'une Péruvienne... nouvelle édition. Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, 1797 2 volumes, 18mo (151 x 88mm.), one of 100 copies on papier vélin, half-titles, frontispiece portrait by de Launay, 8 plates by Lefevre in 2 states (additional eaux-fortes, slightly shorter, and avant lettre), contemporary straight-grained blue morocco gilt by Simier, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges, occasional light foxing First issue, with the PD monogram on the title-page. LITERATURE:Cohen-De Ricci 447-448 (mentioning this copy) PROVENANCE:Henri Beraldi, booklabel, sale, Paris, 1934, lot 101 ("superbe exemplaire"); Aimé Laurent, booklabelCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
5 Jun 2021 - 15 Jun 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Grafigny, Françoise, Madame de Lettres d'une Péruvienne... nouvelle édition. Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, 1797 2 volumes, 18mo (151 x 88mm.), one of 100 copies on papier vélin, half-titles, frontispiece portrait by de Launay, 8 plates by Lefevre in 2 states (additional eaux-fortes, slightly shorter, and avant lettre), contemporary straight-grained blue morocco gilt by Simier, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges, occasional light foxing First issue, with the PD monogram on the title-page. LITERATURE:Cohen-De Ricci 447-448 (mentioning this copy) PROVENANCE:Henri Beraldi, booklabel, sale, Paris, 1934, lot 101 ("superbe exemplaire"); Aimé Laurent, booklabelCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
5 Jun 2021 - 15 Jun 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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