Chalon Louis Illustrations (8 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Unknown edition. Maroon cloth with faded gilt decorations and titles. Early Twentieth century edition. Faithfully translated by J.M. Rigg. Two volumes in one. Sixteen Hand Coloured Illustrations from Original Drawings By Louis Chalon (illustrator).

[no date]. (Hardcover set) Very good, no dust jackets. 332, 404pp. 2 volumes. Illustrations. Front endpapers missing. Illustrations by Louis Chalon. Translated by J.M. Rigg. (Fiction).

Complete two-volume set of 'The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio' with 15 tissue-guarded photogravure illustrations from drawings by Louis Chalon, text translated by J. M. Rigg. Pp. xxii, 332, 9 plates (including frontispiece); xvi, 404, 6 plates. Bound in white cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the spine, gilt rules and fleur-de-lis to the front boards, printed on laid paper with deckled edges. Large Octavo 24 x 16 cm In just about very good condition, marks to white exteriors, toned pages with a little light foxing, bindings firm a square. Illustrations by Louis Chalon (illustrator).…

[no date]. (Hardcover set) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 332, 404pp. 2 volumes. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Color illustrated frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations. "Son of a merchant, Boccaccio di Chellino di Buonaiuto, of Certaido in Val d'Elsa, a little town about midway between Empoli and Siena, but within the Florentine 'contado,' Giovanni, Boccaccio was born, most probably at Paris, in the year 1313" - from the Introduction. Book about Plague. Time Period Black Plague. Illustrations by Louis Chalon. Translated by J.M. Rigg. (Fiction, Storytelling).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Two books: Volume I & Volume II, both books are bound in a faded brown cloth. Both books are hardbacks, with gilt decoration in the form of a square on front boards and gilt titles on the spines. No dust jackets. Both books are in reasonably good condition and as they are used books, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Some spotting and brown marks to edge of hand cut pages, fading to spines from sunlight, corners slightly bumped, otherwise all pages intact and for their age, in my humble opinion, they are in good condition. 332 pages in Volume I and 404 pages in Volume II. Published and Printed in Great Britain in 1906 by Henry F. Bumpus and printed by Richard Clay & Sons Ltd, London & Bungay. Please note as these two books are a good, heavy size postage/shipping abroad may increase in price from listed postage/shipping price, depending on final destination. Some wonderful illustrations & engravings throughout both volumes, depicting love, laughter and merriment in a period of time that was quite promiscuous.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Undated. 2 matching volumes in dark green cloth boards with gold gilt letering to spines. No dusjackets. 332pp; 403pp. With an illustrated introduction and 16 hand-coloured illustrations (including frontispiece to volume 1) from original drawings by Louis Chalon. Translated by J M Rigg. Not library copies, no inscriptions, no underlined or highlighted text, no notes in margins. (6/2).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2 volume set, 11 inches tall. A pristine and very good looking half mottled calf by the Geneva bookbinder Asper, with gilt raised bands, maroon label, gilt framed panels and gilt top edges. Embellished with a portrait and 14 full page plates by Louis Chalon. A splendid English language edition of 1000 copies of the great work of the early 16th century French renaissance satirist Francis Rabelais. Described as the first great French prose writer he revelled in the bawdy, grotesque, extravagant and robust tales that he is still celebrated for.…

Sans lieu, Phosphatine Falières, sans date [circa 1910], 1 volume de 135x180 mm environ, 35 feuillets montés sur onglets, complet des 30 fables illustrées par L. Chalon et du portrait de La Fontaine. Plein maroquin chocolat, dos lisse portant titres et fers dorés, filet doré en encadrement des plats, tranches jaspées dorées, gardes couleurs. Epidermures sur les coiffes, les coins et les mors, sinon intérieur très propre, bon état. Ouvrage publicitaire publié par la Maison Chassaing pour promouvoir la préparation infantile Phosphatine (du pharmacien Emile Falières).…