Petites misères de la vie conjugale (UNIQUE SET OF BON-A-TIRER PROOFS BY BERTALL)
Petites misères de la vie conjugale (UNIQUE SET OF BON-A-TIRER PROOFS BY BERTALL)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1845
- Place of printing
- Paris
- Author
- Honoré De Balzac And Bertall (Charles Constant Albert Nicolas D', Arnoux De Limoges Saint-Saëns)
- Publishers
- Chlendowski
- Keyword
- coleillus coleprints
- Dust jacket
- False
- Languages
- English
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- True
Description
A UNIQUE SET OF BON-A-TIRER PROOFS (B.A.T.s), many signed by Bertall, of the wood-engravings used in Balzac's "Petites misères de la vie conjugale", one of the truly great 19th-century French illustrated books. This set includes 60 proofs on Chinese paper, of which 36 are SIGNED by Bertall (to confirm his approval of the final image), and one of which features a small ink sketch. (There is no record of any other impressions of any of these prints on Chinese paper, or of any signed impressions on any paper at all.) Generally in excellent condition, although a few are creased or spotted. 12.5 x 12 cm and smaller. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT. IT IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL TO FIND HAND-SIGNED PRINTS EARLIER THAN 1875.
