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Ode Jubilaire Pour Le Six-Centieme Anniversaire De La mort De Dante; avec un portrait de l'auteur en lithographie par Raoul Dufy
by Claudel, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Quarter burgundy calf and floral moire cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter burgundy calf and floral moire cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine. Dufy. Raoul. 47 pages in text. 19 x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 491 of 500 on Arches paper with an original lithograph of Claudel by Dufy. Bound by Alfred Launder, June 1921. Original purple wrappers bound-in. Commemorates the 600th anniversary of Dante's death. Ex-library, Bookplate of Metropolitan Museum of Art on front cover paste-down, and a few very discreet one centimeter on a few blanks, but a pristine copy otherwise. Text in French.
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- Seller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 18905
- Title
- Ode Jubilaire Pour Le Six-Centieme Anniversaire De La mort De Dante; avec un portrait de l'auteur en lithographie par Raoul Dufy
- Author
- Claudel, Paul
- Illustrator
- Dufy. Raoul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Quarter burgundy calf and floral moire cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Nouvelle Revue Francaise
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Modern Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Arrivals; Modern Art;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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