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DEVAUCHELLE, Roger (1915-93). Joseph Thouvenin et la reliure romantique. Paris: Imprimerie C.D. for Auguste Blaizot, 20 September 1987.
4o (270 x 210 mm). Numerous reproductions, some in color; facsimile of Thouvenin's marriage contract at the end.
LIMITED EDITION, NUMBER 14 OF 25 COPIES ONLY. BOUND BY THE AUTHOR FOR B.H. BRESLAUER in Thouvenin's style for Charles Nodier: gold-tooled short-grain purple morocco, multiple fillets, corner ornaments, wreathed oval in the center containing the collector's name on front cover, the binder's name on back cover, gilt edges, original printed wrappers preserved. Matching slipcase. Provenance: presentation inscription by Devauchelle to Dr. Breslauer; typed letter from the Ministère de la Culture, confirming the binder's promotion to Commandeur in the order of the Légion d'Honneur, in response to Breslauer's proposal.
Added to the lot is Jean de Gonet's exhibition catalogue, Reliures (Paris: Claude Guérin, 1982), 8o, in de Gonet's characteristic Revorim binding; 1980s correspondence from the binder to the collector laid in. (2)
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LIMITED EDITION, NUMBER 14 OF 25 COPIES ONLY. BOUND BY THE AUTHOR FOR B.H. BRESLAUER in Thouvenin's style for Charles Nodier: gold-tooled short-grain purple morocco, multiple fillets, corner ornaments, wreathed oval in the center containing the collector's name on front cover, the binder's name on back cover, gilt edges, original printed wrappers preserved. Matching slipcase. Provenance: presentation inscription by Devauchelle to Dr. Breslauer; typed letter from the Ministère de la Culture, confirming the binder's promotion to Commandeur in the order of the Légion d'Honneur, in response to Breslauer's proposal.
Added to the lot is Jean de Gonet's exhibition catalogue, Reliures (Paris: Claude Guérin, 1982), 8