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Narkiss

FAMOUS ART NOUVEAU ILLUSTRATED BOOK.
ONE OF 50 COPIES ON JAPON WITH TWO STATES OF THE ENGRAVINGS.
Beautiful Japanese binding

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LUXURIOUS EDITION ILLUSTRATED WITH 14 drawings by Émile Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet engraved by X. Lesueur, with a preface by Jérôme Doucet.
ONE OF 50 COPIES ON JAPON WITH 2 STATES OF THE FIGURESAfter 25 on Japon with 3 states of the figures; followed by 250 copies on vélin d'arches with a single state.

In the summer of 1892, Le Journal published a serial under the title of Narkiss, Jean Lorrain's transposition of the myth of Narcissus in Egypt. The three parts of the story were brought together and published in 1902 in the collection Princesses of ivory and airresse.
In 1908, the friends of Jean Lorrain published a first illustrated edition limited to 300 copies.

Superb modern binding with antique Japanese leather paper boards.

Paris,editions du monuments,1908.In-4, Bound,175 x 245 mm,[46] ff.

Modern binding in stained parchment with large inserts of late 19th century polychrome Japanese leather paper on the boards. Bordered slipcase.

Bio

Jean Lorrain

Paul Alexandre Martin Duval

(Haute-Normandie, Fécamp: 9 August 1855- Paris: 30 June 1906)

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Bio

ODV Guillonnet

(Paris: 22 September 1872 - Montgeron: 25 September 1967)

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