Lot 34
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UZANNE, Octave (1852-1931). La nouvelle bibliopolis. Paris: Henri Floury, 1897. 8° (187 x 120mm). Engraved frontispiece by H. Manasse after Félicien Rops in two states, 8 lithographic plates, each in uncoloured and coloured state, coloured lithographic borders throughout, all after Henri Patrice Dillon, numerous illustrations. Brown morocco by Hans Asper, front cover with onlaid Beardsleyesque figure of a woman holding a sunhat, later gilt ex libris on rear cover, gilt turn-ins, silk liners, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, others uncut. Provenance: etched card, giving the author's change of address to 17 Quai Voltaire, Paris, loosely inserted -- Pierre Munier (bookplate).
UZANNE, Octave (1852-1931). La nouvelle bibliopolis. Paris: Henri Floury, 1897. 8° (187 x 120mm). Engraved frontispiece by H. Manasse after Félicien Rops in two states, 8 lithographic plates, each in uncoloured and coloured state, coloured lithographic borders throughout, all after Henri Patrice Dillon, numerous illustrations. Brown morocco by Hans Asper, front cover with onlaid Beardsleyesque figure of a woman holding a sunhat, later gilt ex libris on rear cover, gilt turn-ins, silk liners, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, others uncut. Provenance: etched card, giving the author's change of address to 17 Quai Voltaire, Paris, loosely inserted -- Pierre Munier (bookplate).

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UZANNE, Octave (1852-1931). La nouvelle bibliopolis. Paris: Henri Floury, 1897. 8° (187 x 120mm). Engraved frontispiece by H. Manasse after Félicien Rops in two states, 8 lithographic plates, each in uncoloured and coloured state, coloured lithographic borders throughout, all after Henri Patrice Dillon, numerous illustrations. Brown morocco by Hans Asper, front cover with onlaid Beardsleyesque figure of a woman holding a sunhat, later gilt ex libris on rear cover, gilt turn-ins, silk liners, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, others uncut. Provenance: etched card, giving the author's change of address to 17 Quai Voltaire, Paris, loosely inserted -- Pierre Munier (bookplate).

NUMBER 32 OF 100 COPIES ON JAPON, one of 600 copies in total. With entertaining and informative chapters on 'La nouvelle bibliopolis', 'La bibliophile contemporaine', 'Bibliophiles et biblioscopes', 'Physiologie du lecteur', 'Le monomanie des affiches', 'La renaissance de la reliure', and 'Les ex-libris modernes'.

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