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L'Eldorado, ou, Fortunio / par Théophile Gautier ; publié sur l'édition originale.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PQ2258 .E38 1880
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872.
- Language:
- French
- Genre:
- Fine bindings.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Calabi, Eugenio (donor)
- Calabi, Giuliana (donor)
- Chenal, Paul (former owner)
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, V, 243 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 180 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Fortunio
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : Imprimé pour Les amis du livre par Matteroz, 1880.
- Notes:
- Half-title.
- "Eaux-fortes de Milius.-Vignettes d'Avril"--Half-t.p. verso.
- Plates engraved by Milius after illustrations by Avril; all appear in 2 states.
- Limited edition of 115 numbered copies.
- "Les exemplaires numérotés de 1 à 100 portent les noms des souscripteurs, et ceux de 101 à 115, offerts, sont désignés seulement par le numéro d'ordre."--Verso of half title leaf.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Dr. Eugenio Calabi and Giuliana Calabi.
- Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy is no. 90 of 115; name of subscriber " M. Paul Chenal" printed beneath number statement.
- Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy has bookplate: G. Calabi 5.
- Giuseppe Calabi Collection copy bound in full blue morocco with central gilt tooled diamond set within geometric pattern on covers; moiré silk and morocco doublures with silk diamond overlay within morocco panel; also with silk lining on free endpapers; top edge gilt; clipped description from catalog "Librairie Dechenne, Bruxelles" mounted on front flyleaf; mounted description states binding is by "Noulhac" but neither his binder's stamp or signature appears on volume; "Del Vico Roma" (another binder?) written in ms. on back endpaper; original printed wrappers retained; housed in slipcase.
- OCLC:
- 270936523
- Publisher Number:
- PML 141778
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