S.l., Au Moulin de Pen-Mur, 1948 et 1949. 11 vol. au format pt in-8 (217 x 158 mm) de 273, 281, 288, 308, 279, 248, 277, 280, 324, 301 et 247 pp., en feuilles, sous couvertures titrées à rabats rempliés et étuis-chemises de plein cartonnage crème ornementés, dos lisses, pièces de titre contrecollées. Ensemble recelant 11 volumes sur 12 (le troisième volume de la série Prose étant ici absent). Il s'agrémente - ici en premier tirage - de nombreuses tout autant que délicates compositions à pleine-page par Brunelleschi ; rehaussées au pochoir par Renson Fils. Tirage unique à 1.200 exemplaires. Celui-ci comptant parmi les 643 numérotés du tirage sur chiffon de Lana. ''Après avoir étudié à Florence et participé à diverses expositions en Italie, Brunelleschi s'établit à Paris au début du XXème siècle, où il ne tarde alors pas à se lier avec les jeunes et nombreux poètes du Quartier latin. Bénézit II, Dictionnaires des peintre, p. 360 - Osterwalder - Dictionnaire des illustrateurs I, p. 195. Petites défauts pouvant affecter les coupes. Plissure affectant un feuillet de contre-garde. Du reste, très belle condition.
. Illustrateur : BRUNELLESCHI (Umberto). (illustrateur). Illustrations de Brunelleschi. Paris, 1913, Édition d'Art Piazza, in-4, broché, couverture illustrée et rempliée. Umberto BRUNELLESCHI (Toscane-Italie 1879-1949 Paris), peintre, portraitiste, illustrateur, illustrateur de mode, publicitaire, affichiste, décorateur italien. Il interprète avec légèreté, au travers de ses illustrations, cette comédie qui parle de l'amour, du désir et de la fidélité. "Prenez garde à un homme qui demande un pardon ; il peut avoir si aisément la tentation d'en mériter deux ! ". Report sur les gardes, petites taches et usures à la couverture. Livre.
Edité par L'Edition d'Art Piazza, Paris, 1913
Vendeur : Libreria Le Colonne, TORINO, TO, Italie
n-4°(cm. 30,3x23,3), pp. 138, [4] + 20 TAVOLE applicate fuori testo protette da velina (inclusa l'antiporta) del periodo d'oro del raffinato BRUNELLESCHI nei celebri brillanti COLORI riprodotti fotomeccanicamente dal grande editore d'arte Henri Piazza, morto nel 1929. Ornamenti, capilettera, testatine. Cartoncino editoriale entro chemise/fodera ornata e ilustrat a e ornata in oro, blu e azzurro. Entro una robusta e bella protezione aggiunta dopo in cartone rugoso con titolo oro su tassello in pelle marron.
Edité par Paris; L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza ., 1913
Vendeur : Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, Royaume-Uni
4to (31 x 23 cm). pp.138+[4]. Bound in later half blue morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt-decorated in compartments, contrasting green morocco title label, original decorative card upper cover bound in at rear. 20 full page tipped in colour illustrations by Brunelleschi Edges browned, generally a handsome copy. Three comedies by the French Romantic dramatist, poet, and novelist, with wonderful illustrations by Brunelleschi.
Edité par P., L'Edition d'Art Piazza, 1913, 1 vol. in-4° (305 x 230 mm) reliure 1/2 maroquin violet à coins, dos lisse richement orné de fleurons dorés et à froid, agrémentés de ronds et losanges orange mosaïqués, filets, auteur et titre dorés, filet doré bordant les plats de papier marbré, tête dorée, couvertures et dos conservés (S. DAVID), de 138 pp. (2) ff. (table et justificatif). Légers frottements aux mors et coins, très bel exemplaire richement relié par Salvador David., 1913
Vendeur : Bouquinerie Aurore (SLAM-ILAB), BELMESNIL, France
Membre d'association : ILAB
3 entêtes en noir et 20 hors-texte en couleurs, imprimés sur papier couché et contrecollés, de Umberto Brunelleschi.Texte encadré d'ornements végétaux stylisés en vert, titre, vignettes de sous-titres et illustrations encadrées de motifs végétaux stylisés en vert et or.Tiré à 500 exemplaires numérotés sur papier du Japon (N°221) signés par l'artiste (il s'agit en fait d'un tampon de la signature et pas d'une signature originale comme le laisse sous-entendre la justification).Salvador David (1859-1929), relieur parisien, successeur de son père Bernard en 1890 (Fléty, 53).Réf. biblio. : Carteret, IV-298 : "Edition recherchée".
Edité par L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, Paris, 1913
Vendeur : Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : very good. Umberto Brunelleschi (illustrateur). Text in French. Beautiful mounted color plates by Umberto Brunelleschi, protected by tissue guards, text decorations. 140 pages (lightly toned, illustrations clean), 4to, bound in simple black leather (lightly worn at extremities) gilt stamped spine, marbled endpapers. Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, 1913. A very good copy.
Edité par Piazza, Paris, 1913
Vendeur : Libreria Ex Libris ALAI-ILAB/LILA member, Roma, Italie
Legatura d epoca in mz. marocchino arancione con angoli (firmata Bernasconi). Titoli e ricchi decori in oro al ds. Conservate le copp. editoriali. Eccellente esemplare. Copia con dedica dell Artista A l Ami se livre en souvenir et en forte amitie. Venise - anno di Vittoria 1918. Brunelleschi . Uno di 500 esemplari impressi su carta Japon. Elegante raccolta di tre opere di Alfred De Musset illustrate dal celebre artista toscano. Provenienza: Soldati Hubbard De Veaux (ex libris araldico al contropiatto anteriore). 4to (cm. 30), 138 pp., 2 cc.nn. Antiporta, 19 tavole a colori fuori testo protette da veline riportanti le didascalie, frontespizio e occhielli per ogni opera, fregi e finalini in verde e seppia, vignette in bianco e nero all'inizio di ogni scena, testo inquadrato da cornice xilografica impressa in verde.
Edité par Paris L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1913
Vendeur : Shapero Rare Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Signé
Quarto (300 x 225 mm.); 20 splendid tipped-in colour plates by Umberto Brunelleschi, illustrations, decorative title in blue & brown and borders in blue; bound in dark blue morocco, by Stikeman & Co. of New York, covers with gilt-ruled borders and corner-pieces, spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands, grey morocco doublures ruled and tooled in gilt with small purple morocco onlays, cream moiré silk flyleaves, signed at foot of rear turn-in, top edge gilt, others uncut, original decorative upper wrapper bound in at end, very slight wear to head of spine, slip-case (a little rubbed). A handsomely bound example of Brunelleschi's illustrated edition of three works by the French dramatist, poet & novelist Alfred de Musset, known almost as well for his works (which have musically inspired artists ranging from Georges Bizet to Celine Dion) as for his relationship with the novelist 'George Sand'. Musset is also believed to be the anonymous author of Gamiani, ou deux nuits d'excès (1833), a lesbian erotic novel also believed to be modelled on Sand.
Edité par L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, Paris [1913] and [1912]
Vendeur : Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, Etats-Unis
Limited Edition. Quarto. Two volumes, presentation copies by the illustrator Umberto Brunellesch. The first volume: La Nuit Venitienne is limited to 500 copies, on Japon paper. The present copy is number 307 inscribed and signed by the artist dated 1914 to Morris [K]erztein(?) (Should have been spelled Herztein). Illustrated with 20 tipped-in full color plates by Brunelleschi with printed tissue guards. Laid in is a two page autographed letter from Margaret Andrews of San Francisco dated 1944 to Sidney M. Ehrman who was to become the recipient of these two volumes. Margaret Andrews acquired them from the late Dr. Herzstein. The letter explains the gift of the two volumes signed by Umberto Brunelleschi (Alfred de Musset's La Nuit Venitienne and Contes du temps Jadis which as she writes:. "were very personal possessions of the late Dr. [Morris] Herzstein. They came from the San Francisco Costume Ball of 1944. These [point to] the fine friendship of the Ehrman and Hellman families and makes one believe it is appropriate to request your acceptance for your library for the pleasure of your family and greetings to you for Mrs. Ehrman". Sidney M. Ehrman 1873-1974) was a prominent San Francisco lawyer with the firm of Heller Ehrman White & Mcauliffe. He also served as a regent of the University of California, Berkeley whose gift in 1932 of $200,000 to the University established a Professorship in the name of his son Sidney Hellman Ehrman (1905-1930) that brought the distinguished James Westfall Thompson to the University. Since his son had just finished his graduate work at King's College, Cambridge, he also underwrote a scholarship there. He owned the mansion which is known by his name that was designed by Lewis P. Hubert, architect in 1915-1916. It is now owned by the state of California where it has become a state monument. He was a friend of Moshe Menuhin (son of Yehudi Menuhin) and when his controversial book was published (The Decadence of Judaism in Our Time), he underwrote the purchase and distribution of 100 copies of the book which was banned in San Francisco bookstores though Paul Elder's and the Emporium refused to submit to the ban. Many prominent Jews came to his defense though the extreme pro-Zionist elements attempted to censor the book as they did with Ben Hecht's Perfidy. He also was an opponent of the loyalty oath which drove a number of professors from the University of California to Princeton. The donor was Margaret Andrews of San Francisco. She was a participant and planner of the San Francisco Costume Ball and lived at 1201 California Street in San Francisco. The second volume: Contes Du Temps Jadis is limited to 400 copies on Japon paper, the present copy is #290, illustrated by Brunelleschi with 20 full color plates tipped in with printed tissue guards. Inscribed and signed. Both volumes bound in full brown leather, flat spines decorated in gilt, black leather spine labels gilt, marbled endpapers, both volumes with the original wrappers bound in and housed within matching slipcases, rubbed around the edges. A very nice set.