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Le nouveau monde / Villiers de L'Isle-Adam ; orné de 15 bois originaux en 2 couleurs de P.E. Vibert.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PQ2476.V4 N6 1914
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de, 1838-1889.
- Language:
- French
- Genre:
- Fine bindings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Calabi, Eugenio (donor)
- Calabi, Giuliana (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, ii, 193 pages, 11 unnumbered pages : music; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : George Crès et cie ..., 1913 [that is, 1914]
- Notes:
- "Achevé d'imprimer le vingt-six janvier mil neuf cent quatorze par Paul Hérissey, d'Évereux."--Colophon.
- Half-title.
- Limited edition of 1110 copies.
- "Justification du tirage 5 exemplaires vieux Japon, numérotés de 1 à 5. 10 exemplaires Chine, numérotés de 6 à 15. 45 exemplaires Japon impérial, numérotés de 16 à 60. 1050 exemplaires (dont 50 hors commerce) sur papier de Rives."--Verso of half-title leaf.
- "Musique de scène (fragments)": p. [195-201].
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Dr. Eugenio Calabi and Giuliana Calabi.
- Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy is no. 49 of 1110.
- Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy has bookplate: G. Calabi 421.
- Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy half bound in red morocco with red morocco corners; marbled papers over boards and marbled endpapers; spine panels with gilt triple fillet rectangles; top edge gilt; printed on Japon with original printed wrappers and spine strip retained.
- Cited in:
- Mahé, Raymond. Bibliographie des livres de luxe de 1900 à 1928, III, col. 680
- OCLC:
- 1493104
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