uvres de Racine
Jean RACINE - (ex-libris Jean FURSTENBERG)
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Add to basketExemplaire Jean Furstenberg en plein maroquin rouge de l'époque | S. n. | Paris 1760 | 22.5 x 29.3 cm | trois volumes reliés | Nouvelle édition ornée d un portrait de l auteur par Daullé, de trois fleurons de titre par de Sève gravés par Juste Chevillet, douze figures du même gravées par Jacques Aliamet, Jean-Jacques Flipart, Noël Le Mire, Louis-Simon Lempereur, Dominique Sornique et Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu, et treize vignettes et soixante culs-de-lampe, tous par de Sève gravés par Jean-Charles Baquoy, Jean-Jacques Flipart et Louis Legrand. Reliures en plein maroquin rouge de l époque, dos à cinq nerfs et caissons ornés, triple filet doré en encadrement, fleurons aux angles, pièces de titre et tomaison de maroquin citron, double filet doré sur les coupes, gardes et contreplats de papier marbré, double roulette dorée sur les coupes, dentelle intérieure dorée, tranches dorées. Rousseurs majoritairement sur les premiers feuillets des volumes, quelques pages brunies, habiles restaurations aux coins et mors, quelques griffures. Superbe exemplaire de la première édition luxueuse que l on fit de Racine, qui compte parmi les plus recherchées de l auteur, habillée de la plus luxueuse des reliures en maroquin rouge. * Provenance : bibliothèque Jean Furstenberg, son ex-libris en maroquin rouge encollé au verso d une garde du premier volume, les autres en papier dans les volumes II et III. «D une famille de banquiers berlinois, banquier lui-même, Hans Fürstenberg se réfugia en France en 1938 et francisa son nom. C est alors qu il offrit à la Bibliothèque nationale sa collection d éditions originales d ouvrages allemands des époques préclassique et classique. [.] Jean Furstenberg avait par ailleurs collectionné dès sa jeunesse, des livres illustrés, des livres rares français du XVIIIe siècle, des incunables et des reliures. Il conserva sa vie durant son intérêt pour ces domaines auxquels il consacra plusieurs ouvrages. En 1959, il fonda, avec Julien Cain, l Association internationale de bibliophilie.» (Comité d histoire de la Bibliothèque nationale de France) | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] New edition, adorned with a portrait of the author by Daullé, three headpieces by de Sève engraved by Juste Chevillet, twelve plates engraved by Jacques Aliamet, Jean-Jacques Flipart, Noël Le Mire, Louis-Simon Lempereur, Dominique Sornique, and Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu, and thirteen vignettes and sixty tail-pieces, all by de Sève engraved by Jean-Charles Baquoy, Jean-Jacques Flipart, and Louis Legrand. A superb copy of the first luxury edition of Racine, among the most sought-after, bound in the most sumptuous red morocco. Contemporary full red morocco, spine with five raised bands and gilt compartments, triple gilt fillet border, corner fleurons, yellow morocco lettering pieces and volume numbers, double gilt fillets on the boards, marbled endpapers, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt dentelle turn-ins, gilt edges. Occasional light foxing, mostly on the early leaves of the volumes; some browned pages; skilfully restored corners and joints; a few scratches. * Provenance: Library of Jean Fürstenberg, his red morocco bookplate pasted to the verso of a free endpaper of vol. I, others in paper in vols. II and III. "From a family of Berlin bankers and a banker himself, Hans Fürstenberg took refuge in France in 1938 and francised his name. It was then that he presented to the Bibliothèque nationale his collection of original editions of German works from the pre-classical and classical periods. […] From his youth, Jean Fürstenberg also collected illustrated books, rare French eighteenth-century works, incunabula, and bindings, maintaining his interest in these fields throughout his life and publishing several works on the subjects. In 1959, together with Julien Cain, he founded the International Association of Bibliophily." (Comité d histoire de la Bibliothèque nationale de France).
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