CURMER L EDITOR (7 résultats)

Paris, Curmer, s.d. (1842), 4 pp in-8°, with the oval rubber stamp of the bookdealer. Hoste (Gand - Gent). Publisner's prospectus. First leaf seriously creased and a bit soiled (was once crumpled).

TWO VOLUMES. LARGE OCTAVO, BOUND IN BLACK CLOTH, T.E.G. RICHLY ILLUSTRATED. 580 pp, 576 pp. VERY GOOD.

Paris, Librairie L. Curmer, 1877, pet. in-12°, 14 x 9 cm, (14) pp nn + 360 pp, avec qq. pages impriméés en chromolithographie, reliure janséniste en plein maroquin violet, deux initiales à froid (F.D.) sur la couverture supérieure, tranches dorées, pages de garde en soie bleu , bel exemplaire dans son emboitage originale en toile rouge (emboitage un peu fanée).

Paris, L. Curmer, s.d. (approbatio 1838), in-12°, 13.5 x 9.2 cm, engraved frontispiece + engraved colored title (H. Robinson sc.) + title + (34) nn pp + 364 pp + 1 other full page engraving, several vignettes, all pages within a typographical floral border. Bound in green watery silk, romantic floral gilt ornaments within a double gilt fillet on both covers, smooth spine with gilt floral decoration, all edges gilt, cream coloured silk endpapers, kept in a paper chemise and slipcase. Apart from a few foxing spots on the engraving (and only there) a perfectly preserved book in a charming binding of great freshness, which is remarkable in view of the delicate material used.

Leather_bound. Etat : Very Good. Henri Leon Curmier (illustrateur). Second Edition. IN FRENCH. Three magnificent quartos, measuring 11 3/8" x 8 3/4". contemporary brown tooled morocco, sectioned and ruled in blind, five raised hubs (six compartments), gilt edge, royal blue watered silk doublures. Elaborate gilt dentelles to insides of front pastedowns. SIGNED presentation copy on fly-leaf of first volume (dated 1888) from Queen Margherita, Queen-Consort of (her first cousin) Umberto I, King of Italy, who reigned from 1878-1900. The first and second volumes comprise the text of the Gospels ornamentally printed with brilliant and beautiful borders, and enriched with exquisite illuminated miniatures, which were select pages from celebrated manuscripts throughout Europe, ranging from the tenth to the sixteenth century, in brilliantly colored and gilded facsimile. The third volume is the Appendices. Some scattered foxing to part of this third (Appendices) volume, and minor rippling to the section with pasted-on photographs, and to a thirteen-page section of Volume I, -- certainly neither obtrusive nor image-compromising. Silk rainbow (yellow, red & green) ribbon marker to Volume I Superbly colored by means of Henri Leon Curmer's pioneering chromolithographic technique which involved first photographing, then hand-coloring these powerful and storied images. Actual copies of 79 miniature photographs of his engravings are affixed to pages of Volume III, and opposite, on the recto, a poem, or (frequently) a biblical quote. This Third volume is dated 1864, and features illustrative texts describing each manuscript, correlating them by page number to their place in the first two volumes, and in-depth articles about these famous illuminators, materials used etc., for Curmer was a true scholar and master of the lithographic arts. Curmer also gives his nod of gratitude in this third volume by listing all of his subscribers to this magnificent and brilliantly executed creation, including their name, title, country of origin, subscriber number, how many sets ordered, etc. At the end of the volume (III) are copies of Jost Amman's "Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stände auff Erden", followed by Hans Holbein's 41 starkly stunning images comprising his (1538) Dance of Death woodcut series. Finally d'Aligny's copies of Simon Vostre's marginals (the key term "marginal" emphasizing little relation of these bordering miniatures, to the heart and soul of the book in which they appeared). This 1872 printing of the first two volumes was published posthumously by the firm of Bachelin-Deflorenne of London, a branch of the Paris concern, which purchased Curmer's "whole stock and copyright of his principle publications in Chromo-lithography" (The Athenaeum No. 2217, Apr. 23, 1870) from the widow Mrs. Curmer. The Athenaeum went on to say: "These Chromo-Lithographs.are undoubtedly the richest and finest of the kind ever published". The work was thusly advertised in The May 2nd, 1870 issue of THE BOOKSELLER, (then "the" magazine of the bookselling trade -- published in London since 1802): "Two Vols, 4to. Bound in morocco, rich gilt ornaments on sides, gilt edges.This most magnificent work is illustrated with a great number of Miniatures, printed in gold and colors, reproducing the finest paintings of celebrated manuscripts, viz: Le Lilvre d'Heures du Cardinal Grimani, les Heures de Bedford, &c., and numerous Borders, all in Chromo-Lithography, forming a kind of Encyclopaedia of the art of Miniatures during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It is, besides, illustrated with a great number of Wood-engravings, &c., after Wiercx, and other artists." The cost then, for a comparable publisher's copy in 1870, with the optional morocco, with case, was £36, which converts to around $3107 ($4180) in today's currency); the book was enormously costly to create, and is evident throughout!.

Paris, Léon Curmer, 1864, 3 vols in-4°, 28 x 20,5 cm, Vol. I ; (6) nn pp + (38) plates ( numbered III-XL) + 170 plates + IV plates (index) , complete, all plates in chromolithography. Vol. II ; (4) nn pp + pp 171 - 362 (containing 200 plates) + (V) plates (index), all plates in chromolithography. (Page numbering erratic as some plates are counted double; recto ; verso. Other plates are unnumbered. (complete). Vol.III ; (6) nn pp + xxxii pp + (172) nn pp + 154 pp + (6) nn pp + 255 pp + (3) nn pp (complete), with 79 original photographs, mounted within large typographical borders with floral motifs. Binding; uniformly bound in violet coloured full morocco, with blindtooling, raised spines with gilt title, top edges gilt. Matching endpapers in watery silk. A fine set, beautifully bound in full morocco. With a private owner stamp on the first blank fly leaf of volume I. With one larger scratch on the front cover of volume I ; futher minimal traces of use and shelf markings. Overall in a fine state of preservation, with a flawless interior. This edition by Léon Curmer (1801-1870) is one of the highlights of French bookillustration in the 19th century before the advance of modern reproduction techniques such as photo engraving and zincography. Curmer had gained success with e.g. the publication in 1838 of '' Paul et Virginie '' illustrated by Meissonier. In his '' Evangiles'' he collected specimen of western medieaval book illustration from all the important manuscripts still extant in France, Italy, Great Britain. He rendered them in chromolithography. In the third volume of this work he extensively explains the origine of the illustrations used in volume I and II. The third volume contains also original photographs of 16th century copper engravings. A very fine copy of an extraordinary and beautifully produced book which will hardly ever be surpassed for the quality of its chromolithographies. It is in a way the culmination of the ever growing interest during the 19th century in the art of mediaeval illustrated manuscripts, which started at the beginning of the century and gave us e.g. in 1833 Henry Shaw's Illuminated Ornaments. (See also Carteret Vol 3 - 226 ).

Paris, Léon Curmer, 1864, ( title leaf ) ; réimprimés en 1872 par la Maison Bachelin Deflorenne, (half title leaf) , 3 vols in-4°, 28 x 20,5 cm, Vol. I ; (6) nn pp + (38) plates ( numbered III-XL) + 170 plates + IV plates (index) , complete, all plates in chromolithography. Vol. II ; (4) nn pp + pp 171 - 362 (containing 200 plates) + (V) plates (index), all plates in chromolithography. (Page numbering erratic as some plates are counted double; recto ; verso. Other plates are unnumbered. (complete). Vol.III ; (6) nn pp + xxxii pp + (172) nn pp + 154 pp + (6) nn pp + 255 pp + (3) nn pp (complete), with 79 original photographs, mounted within large typographical borders with floral motifs. Binding; uniformly bound in full bright red leather with a large renaissance style decoration on both covers consisting of dark green inlaid leather borded with ciselled gilt lines and patches. Raised gilt spine also with inlaid decorations, all edges gilt. Bindings signed at lower end of spine '' A. Ségouin, Paris''. A stunning binding in a near perfect state of preservation. This edition by Léon Curmer (1801-1870) is one of the highlights of French bookillustration in the 19th century before the advance of modern reproduction techniques such as photo engraving and zincography. The book was published in 1864. The half title indicates that this copy of the edition was published by Bachelin in 1872. ( We collated this edition against a Curmer 1864 edition and can confirm that this text addition is the only difference. This leads to the conclusion that both editions belong to the same printing run ). Curmer had gained success with e.g. the publication in 1838 of '' Paul et Virginie '' illustrated by Meissonier. In his '' Evangiles'' he collected specimen of western medieaval book illustration from all the important manuscripts still extant in France, Italy, Great Britain. He rendered them in chromolithography. In the third volume of this work he extensively explains the origine of the illustrations used in volume I and II. The third volume contains also original photographs of 16th century copper engravings. A very fine copy of an extraordinary and beautifully produced book which will hardly ever be surpassed for the quality of its chromolithographies. It is in a way the culmination of the ever growing interest during the 19th century in the art of mediaeval illustrated manuscripts, which started at the beginning of the century and gave us e.g. in 1833 Henry Shaw's Illuminated Ornaments. (See also Carteret Vol 3 - 226 ).