Le roman de la momie / Théophile Gautier ; quarante-deux compositions originales de Alex. Lunois; gravées au burin et à l'eau-forte par Léon Boisson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872.

Contributor:

• Ruban, Pétrus, 1851-1929, binder.
• Lunois, Alexandre, 1863-1916, illustrator.
• Boisson, Léon, 1854-1941, engraver.
• Giuseppe Calabi Collection of French Illustrated Books and Fine Bindings (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

French

Genre:

• Signed bindings (Binding) -- France -- Paris -- 20th century.
• Fine bindings.
• Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

• Calabi, Eugenio (donor)
• Calabi, Giuliana (donor)

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 262 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 82 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Paris : Librairie L. Conquet, L. Carteret et Cie, successeurs ..., 1901.

Notes:

• Half-title has water color illustration signed by Lunois.
• Engraved illustrations appear in 3 states, 2 of which are issued as plates and one as in-text illustration.
• "Texte imprimé par A. Lahure; gravures par Ch. Wittmann."--Verso of half-title leaf.
• Limited edition of 250 numbered copies.
• "Nos. 1 à 150. Exemplaires de grand choix sur japon et vélin du Marais. 151 à 250. Exemplaires sur papier vélin du Marais."--Verso of half-title leaf.
• Prospectus for subscription to another edition at end.

Local Notes:

• Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy bound in red with 5 gilt fillets creating framed design with the same design repeated horizontally in 5 spine panels; morocco doublures with gilt tooled turn-ins have inlaid green leather interlacing pattern creating compartments with gilt central ornaments; patterned silk on recto of front free endpaper and verso of back free endpaper; all edges gilt binding signeded "P. Ruban 1902" on bottom turn-in of upper board; clipped description from bookseller's catalog laid in; printed on "japon et vélin du Marais" with original illustrated wrappers and spine strip retained; housed in marbled paper slipcase.
• Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Dr. Eugenio Calabi and Giuliana Calabi.
• Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy has bookplate: G. Calabi 409.
• Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy is no. 4 of 250.

Cited in:

Mahé, Raymond. Bibliographie des livres de luxe de 1900 à 1928, II, col. 183

OCLC:

676703335