{"title":"Victor Champs","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lart-dans-la-decoration-exterieure-des-livres-en-france-et-a-letranger","title":"L'Art dans la décoration extérieure des Livres en France et à l'étranger","description":"\u003cp\u003eUZANNE, Octave. L'Art dans la décoration extérieure des Livres en France et à l'étranger.\u003cbr\u003e\nParis: L.-Henry May, 1898.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuarto (280 x 215 mm). (3) ff., VI-272 pp., (2) ff. Original wrappers and spine preserved.\u003cbr\u003e\nRed half morocco with corners, smooth spine inlaid with plant decoration with a broad black band at the centre, author, title and date in gilt, top edge gilt (V. Champs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst edition.\u003cbr\u003e\nOne of the copies on glazed vellum paper, ours no. 293.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMinute rubbing, otherwise a fine copy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295813833029,"sku":"0818","price":800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/5-IMG_9028.jpg?v=1781647291"},{"product_id":"numa-roumestan","title":"Numa Roumestan","description":"\u003cp\u003eDAUDET, Alphonse. Numa Roumestan.\u003cbr\u003e\nParis: Charpentier, 1881.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo (188 x 128 mm). (4) ff., 345 pp., (1) f. Original wrappers preserved.\u003cbr\u003e\nLavallière half morocco with corners, richly decorated raised bands, author, title and date in gilt, top edge gilt (V. Champs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA precious copy of the first edition, on Holland paper, with the manuscript draft of the preface for the second edition.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe autograph manuscript comprises 12 pages in all, 5 of them struck through. In it he speaks of his inspiration, his reading, the reception the book received, and also mentions the resemblance the protagonist bears to Gambetta. He further recalls his cherished moments reading the week's instalment of the plot to his illustrator, as well as the writers he greatly admired: Zola, Balzac, Sade…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlight rubbing to the corners and one headcap.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295814848837,"sku":"0823","price":2300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/4-IMG_9015.jpg?v=1781647613"},{"product_id":"le-jardin-des-supplices","title":"Le Jardin des supplices","description":"\u003cp\u003eMIRBEAU, Octave. Le Jardin des supplices.\u003cbr\u003eParis: Charpentier \u0026amp; Fasquelle, 1899.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuarto (247 x 178 mm). (5) ff., XXVIII-327 pp. Original wrappers preserved.\u003cbr\u003eRed half morocco with corners, raised bands, author, title and date in gilt, top edge gilt (V. Champs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst edition, a limited deluxe edition.\u003cbr\u003eOne of 150 copies on vat vellum paper, the only large-paper issue — this one no. 44.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe edition is illustrated with a colour frontispiece by Auguste Rodin (1840–1917).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very fine copy.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the library of Alexis Nathan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295948509509,"sku":"0881","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/3-IMG_1631.jpg?v=1781648467"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/relieur-victor-champs.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}