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UCHARD, Mario. Mon Oncle Barbassou. Orné de 40 compositions gravées à l'eau-forte par Paul Avril. Paris: J.Lemonnyer, 1884.
8° (242 x 165mm). Half-title. Title in red and black. Additional etched title, portrait of the author (each present in four states, the final state of the portrait signed and inscribed in pencil by the artist), title vignette and 38 illustrative head- and tailpieces by Avril, each accompanied by proof impressions in two states, plus eight proof impressions of refusée vignettes, four of them in two states. OLIVE LEVANT MOROCCO GILT BY PETRUS RUBAN, DATED 1898, BOUND FOR THE VICOMTE LACROIX-LAVAL, the covers tooled in platinum, red and yellow gold, to an overall oriental design of stylised lotus flowers surmounted by a small star and crescent moon, alternating with stylised pistil and stamen, within rhomboid compartments formed from interlocking azured arabesques and double fillets, the flat spine similarly decorated but with a compartment lettered with author and title, doublures of beige crushed levant morocco, edged with a broad border tooled in gilt with solid arabesques and with polychrome morocco onlays, to a design reminiscent of an oriental pavement, surrounding the centrally blocked ex-libris of Lacroix-Laval, patterned brocade endleaves, original wrappers bound-in, g.e., leather-lined morocco backed and edged chemise, the spine gilt with author, title and arabesque tooling, slipcase, signed on front turn-in: P.Ruban 1898. Provenance: VICOMTE FERDINAND-ANTIONE DE LACROIX-LAVAL (binding, EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS WORLD FAIR OF 1900, sold at his sale in 1902, lot 99, for FF1,030).
A MASTERPIECE BY PETRUS RUBAN 1851-1929, EXECUTED FOR ONE OF THE MOST DISCERNING PATRONS OF HIS TIME, ON ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF THE BELLE EPOQUE. The edition limited to 500 special copies, this number 176, one of 50 copies on chine paper. The proofs are all, in effect, extra-illustrations and not required with this issue; also included is a 2pp. contemporary review from Le Bibliophile bound at the back. This edition is the first complete edition of Uchard's mildly erotic novel which had previously appeared, in a bowdlerised form, in the Revue des Deux-Mondes. Ruban, one of the most inventive bookbinders of his time, had established himself in Paris in 1879, but, overshadowed by his contemporary Henry Marius Michel, took some time before gaining the confidence of the most discerning contemporary collectors. He eventually retired in 1910, leaving a small but distinguished corpus.
8° (242 x 165mm). Half-title. Title in red and black. Additional etched title, portrait of the author (each present in four states, the final state of the portrait signed and inscribed in pencil by the artist), title vignette and 38 illustrative head- and tailpieces by Avril, each accompanied by proof impressions in two states, plus eight proof impressions of refusée vignettes, four of them in two states. OLIVE LEVANT MOROCCO GILT BY PETRUS RUBAN, DATED 1898, BOUND FOR THE VICOMTE LACROIX-LAVAL, the covers tooled in platinum, red and yellow gold, to an overall oriental design of stylised lotus flowers surmounted by a small star and crescent moon, alternating with stylised pistil and stamen, within rhomboid compartments formed from interlocking azured arabesques and double fillets, the flat spine similarly decorated but with a compartment lettered with author and title, doublures of beige crushed levant morocco, edged with a broad border tooled in gilt with solid arabesques and with polychrome morocco onlays, to a design reminiscent of an oriental pavement, surrounding the centrally blocked ex-libris of Lacroix-Laval, patterned brocade endleaves, original wrappers bound-in, g.e., leather-lined morocco backed and edged chemise, the spine gilt with author, title and arabesque tooling, slipcase, signed on front turn-in: P.Ruban 1898. Provenance: VICOMTE FERDINAND-ANTIONE DE LACROIX-LAVAL (binding, EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS WORLD FAIR OF 1900, sold at his sale in 1902, lot 99, for FF1,030).
A MASTERPIECE BY PETRUS RUBAN 1851-1929, EXECUTED FOR ONE OF THE MOST DISCERNING PATRONS OF HIS TIME, ON ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF THE BELLE EPOQUE. The edition limited to 500 special copies, this number 176, one of 50 copies on chine paper. The proofs are all, in effect, extra-illustrations and not required with this issue; also included is a 2pp. contemporary review from Le Bibliophile bound at the back. This edition is the first complete edition of Uchard's mildly erotic novel which had previously appeared, in a bowdlerised form, in the Revue des Deux-Mondes. Ruban, one of the most inventive bookbinders of his time, had established himself in Paris in 1879, but, overshadowed by his contemporary Henry Marius Michel, took some time before gaining the confidence of the most discerning contemporary collectors. He eventually retired in 1910, leaving a small but distinguished corpus.