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Jacques le fataliste et son maître / Diderot ; illustrations originales de Ed. Kayser.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PQ1979 .A65 1923
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
Contributor:
Kayser, Edmond, 1882-1965.
Durvand-Pinard, binder.
Giuseppe Calabi Collection of French Illustrated Books and Fine Bindings (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
French
Genre:
Fine bindings.
Signed bindings (Binding) -- France -- Paris -- 20th century.
Penn Provenance:
Calabi, Eugenio (donor)
Calabi, Giuliana (donor)
Physical Description:
4 unnumbered pages, 246 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Place of Publication:
Paris : Éditions René Kieffer, relieur d'art ..., 1923.
Notes:
With a half-title.
Limited edition of 550 numbered copies.
"Cette nouvelle édition a été tirée à 50 exemplaires sur japon impérial avec une suite sur japon pelure et un dessin original de Edmond Kayser; 500 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil."--Verso of half title leaf.
"Achevé d'imprimer, en décembre 1922, sur les presses de Frazier-Soye, avec les caracteres de Tory-Garamont, fondus spécialement pour cette édition."--Colophon on p. [3] at end.
Local Notes:
Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Dr. Eugenio Calabi and Giuliana Calabi.
Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy is no. 234 of 550.
Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy has bookplate: G. Calabi 71.
Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy half bound in purple morocco with marbled paper over boards and marbled endpapers; binder's stamp "Durvand-Pinard" above bookplate on verso of half title leaf; printed on "vélin pur fil" with original wrappers (front illustrated) and spine strip retained.
Cited in:
Mahé, Raymond. Bibliographie des livres de luxe de 1900 à 1928, I. col. 719
OCLC:
6896802

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