[Rarebooks] FS - Poe/Mallarmé/Manet - THE RAVEN

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

*POE, Edgar / Traduction Francaise de Stephane Mallarmé** avec 
illustrations par Edouard Manet. /LE CORBEAU / THE RAVEN./*
The Easton Press, 1995.  Folio.

This is an authorized reproduction of the original 1875 edition held in 
the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection of the Rare Book and Special 
Collections Division of the Library of Congress. The text is in French 
and English and the book represents a bold, early attempt at a new type 
of artistic collaboration: the "livre d'artiste", a
genre which was first to flourish in the twentieth century. The exact 
number of copies originally produced is a matter of some dispute, but 
the (present) publishers suggest, in the printed notes which accompany 
this book, that only about 150 copies of the official edition were 
produced. Our copy is designated no. 65, and bears the facsimile 
signatures of Mallarmé and Manet on the colophon page. Tipped-in on the 
inside front board is a reproduction of Manet's original stone 
lithograph of Le Corbeau (The Raven), with the printed words "ex 
libris"; thus making it a rather elaborate owner's bookplate (without 
any markings of a previous owner). The book is quite large (54 x 36 cm) 
and is bound in half dark blue leather over marbled boards. The corners 
show very slight wear, else the book is in near fine condition.

Price: $375.00.

Terms of sale: the price is in USD. Payment by check, credit card, or 
PayPal. Postage and packing charge is $10 sent anywhere in North 
America; $35 sent anywhere else. Returnable within seven days of receipt 
if not as described.

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