Tegneserier og illustration

La Henriade (proof set of etchings after Charles Eisen)

Voltaire (Charles Eisen) · 17501751 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€678.81 | £567.00 | ¥119,901)

A COMPLETE SET OF PROOFS AFTER CHARLES EISEN (etched by Tardieu, Alamet, and Le Mire), ON CHINE APPLIQUÉ. Eleven sheets (frontispiece plus ten plates), each with an etching on fine Chinese paper mounted on fine wove paper. This set is not to be confused with vastly inferior ...

Les freres Zemganno. Eaux-fortes dessinees et gravees par Auguste Brouet.

Goncourt, Edmond de (Auguste Brouet) · 1921 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€678.81 | £567.00 | ¥119,901)

Paris, F. Grégoire, AN OUTSTANDING COPY OF BROUET'S MOST IMPORTANT BOOK. Illustrated with 66 original etchings, including 15 full-page and hors-texte. The etchings depict circus life, which Brouet--whose focus was always on marginalized segments of society--proves very adept...

Gouttes d'encre. Sonnets de Jules Couderc, antiquaire. Orné d'eaux-fortes originales de Jean-Jules Dufour.

Jules Couderc (with etchings by Jean-Jules Dufour) · 1913 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris / Bruxelles, Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire G. Van Oest & Cie, AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION COPY. First and only edition of this collection of sonnets, illustrated with SIX STUNNING (and technically accomplished) ORIGINAL HORS-TEXT ETCHINGS BY JEAN-JULES DUFOUR,...

Les Poèmes Barbares. Vingt-six eaux-fortes originales dessinées et gravées par Odette Denis

Leconte de Lisle (Odette Denis, illustrator) · 1948 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€678.81 | £567.00 | ¥119,901)

Paris, Le Livre de Plantin, A charming livre d'artiste, with 26 ORIGINAL ANIMAL ETCHINGS (10 of which are hors-texte) BY ODETTE DENIS, granddaughter of Maurice Denis and one of the true masters of the genre, along with Paul Jouve and Maurice de Bècque. From a total edition of...

Iles et Presqu'Iles. Suite de dix-sept eaux-fortes. (17 signed etchings)

Suzanne Cattan (Jérôme Garcin, introduction) · 1977 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Chez l'artiste, A suite of 17 SIGNED ORIGINAL ETCHINGS (all with extensive aquatint) BY SUZANNE CATTAN. Printed on extremely fine wove paper. EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY TEN NUMBERED SETS, WITH EACH ETCHING SIGNED AND JUSTIFIED BY CATTAN. 4to (25.5 x 16.5 cm). Loose as ...

Danses et mouvements. 12 lithographies originales. (Suite of twelve original lithographs by Bencjon Rabinowicz)

Benn (Bencjon Rabinowicz, 1905-1989) (André Flament, preface) · 1926 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,975.00 (€1,787.54 | £1,493.10 | ¥315,739)

Paris, Editions Galerie de Marignan, A RARE SUITE OF 12 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS DEVOTED TO DANCE MOVEMENTS FROM THIS RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE / SCHOOL OF PARIS ARTIST, EXECUTED IN 1926 (when the artist was 21) but not published until 35 years later. From an edition of 100 sets printe...

La famille Grabouillage. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT BY MICHEL BUTOR WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY STEPHANE BASTIN

Michael Butor and Stéphane Bastin · 1985 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$4,950.00 (€4,480.17 | £3,742.20 | ¥791,347)

Gourdon, Dominique Bedou, AN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT BY MICHEL BUTOR (10 leaves, with writing on rectos), ACCOMPANIED BY 19 LARGE MARKER DRAWINGS BY STEPHANE BASTIN. This is the actual manuscript used for publication of the book, of which 530 copies were printed (a copy of this ...

Mon amie Nane. Edition ornée de gravures sur bois originales de Carlègle.

Paul-Jean Toulet (with original woodcuts by Carlègle) · 1925 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€678.81 | £567.00 | ¥119,901)

Paris, Chez l'imprimeur Léon Pichon, A MATCHLESS COPY OF CARLEGLE'S MASTERPIECE, ONE OF THE GREAT ART-DECO LIVRES D'ARTISTE. Beautifully illustrated with 18 large color-printed woodcuts in orange and black (and 29 smaller woodcut ornaments) by Carlègle. From a total edition ...

Dédale. Eaux-fortes d' André Lanskoy

Pierre Lecuire (etchings by André Lanskoy) · 1960 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,250.00 (€1,131.36 | £945.00 | ¥199,835)

Paris, Pierre Lecuire, A stunning livre de peintre, featuring previously unpublished poems by Pierre Lecuire and 22 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY LANSKOY, his very first etchings. From a total edition of 190 copies, this is one of 145 printed on extremely fine Auvergne laid paper and ...

Déblais (written and illustrated by Gus Bofa, with original etchings and A MANUSCRIPT POEM)

Gus Bofa (Jacques Crépineau association copy) · 1951 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$975.00 (€882.46 | £737.10 | ¥155,871)

Paris, Textes Pretextes, AN OUTSTANDING COPY of this fascinating livre d'artiste written and illustrated by Gus Bofa. Most books illustrated by Bofa feature photomechanical reproductions of drawings, but this book is illustrated with original etchings throughout. Includes fu...

Petites misères de la vie conjugale (UNIQUE SET OF BON-A-TIRER PROOFS BY BERTALL)

Honoré de Balzac and Bertall (Charles Constant Albert Nicolas d'Arnoux de Limoges Saint-Saëns) · 1845 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$975.00 (€882.46 | £737.10 | ¥155,871)

Paris, Chlendowski, A UNIQUE SET OF BON-A-TIRER PROOFS (B.A.T.s), many signed by Bertall, of the wood-engravings used in Balzac's "Petites misères de la vie conjugale", one of the truly great 19th-century French illustrated books. This set includes 60 proofs on Chinese paper,...

La cité grise. Avec une pointe-sèche d' Hermine Davide en frontispice.

Jean Faurel (pseudonym of Jean Delay) (Hermine Davide, illustrator) · 1946 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$975.00 (€882.46 | £737.10 | ¥155,871)

Paris, Jean Vigneau, First edition. THE DEDICATION COPY, AND THE UNIQUE COPY ON FINE LAID PAPER WITH HUGE MARGINS, OF DELAY'S FIRST NOVEL. 209 pp. + frontispiece etching by Hermine David. From a total edition of 391 copies, 390 were printed on Marais wove paper, and this un...

Vuit poemes. Vuit aiguaforts. With original signed etchings by Arranz-Bravo, Roser Bru, Hernàndez Pijuan, Robert Llimós, Albert Ràfols Casamada, Antoni Tàpies, Miquel Vilà, and J. Vives Campomar.

Joan Brossa, Josep Carner, Narcís Comadira, Joan Ferraté, Gabriel Ferrater, Pere Gimferrer, and Salvador Oliva. Illustrated by Arranz-Bravo, Roser Bru, Hernàndez Pijuan, Robert Llimós, Albert Ràfols Casamada, Antoni Tàpies, Miquel Vilà, and J. Vives Camp · 1983 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$2,250.00 (€2,036.44 | £1,701.00 | ¥359,703)

Barcelona, An outstanding portfolio comprising 8 large folio sheets of fine wove paper enveloped in protective sheets, each with an original etching signed in pencil by the artist and, underneath, a poem signed by the poet (the poems by Carner and Ferrater are not signed becau...

Histoire des peintres impressionnistes: Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne, Guillaumin

Théodore Duret (Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne, Guillaumin) · 1906 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$12,500.00 (€11,313.56 | £9,450.00 | ¥1,998,351)

Paris, H. Floury, A pristine deluxe copy of the most important early monograph on impressionism, COMPLETE WITH ELEVEN ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY RENOIR (5), PISSARRO (2), CEZANNE (2), AND GUILLAUMIN (2). IV, 214 pp plus numerous hors-texte plates in two states. ONE OF ONLY 100 COPI...

Pascin: Préface de Pierre Mac Orlan. (with three original etchings by Jules Pascin)

André Warnod · 1954 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$325.00 (€294.15 | £245.70 | ¥51,957)

Monte-Carlo, André Sauret, An early standard monograph on Jules Pascin. Limited to 2000 numbered copies, of which this is ONE OF THE FIRST 100 COPIES, WITH THREE LOOSE ETCHINGS (numbered 71/100 in pencil, like the book itself), PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE ARCHES WOVE PAPER, IN A...

Venise. L'encrier rouge. Esquisses et sonnets. Au cafe Quadri. Trente-cinq eaux-fortes dessinées et gravées par Henri Paillard. (Venice)

Henri de Régnier (Henri Paillard, illustrator) · 1912 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€678.81 | £567.00 | ¥119,901)

Paris, Société des Amis des Livres, The most beautiful early 21st century evocation of Venice, with 35 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY HENRI PAILLARD. Published by Henri Béraldi's Société des Amis des Livres, among the most exclusive bibliophile societies, in an EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY ...

Sonnets d'amour, illustrés de gravures en taille-douce (by Camille Berg, Jean Bersier, Bonfils, Jacques Boullaire, Yves Brayer, Michel Ciry, Daragnès, Hermine David, Dignimont, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Jean Frélaut, Galanis, Edouard Goerg, André Jacquemin, Marie Laurencin, Luc-Albert Moreau, Maurice Savin, Vergé Sarrat, Henri de Waroquier, and Roger Wild)

Yves-Gérard Le Dantec (Ronsard, Du Bellay, Louise Labé, Jodelle, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Malherbe, Cyrano de Bergerac, Sainte-Beuve, Nerval, Musset, Leconte de Lisle, Baudelaire, et al.) (Camille Berg, Jean Bersier, Robert Bonfils, Jacques Boullaire, Yves Bray · 1943 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€678.81 | £567.00 | ¥119,901)

Paris, Compagnie Française des Arts Graphiques, A wonderful livre d'artiste featuring sonnets by Ronsard, Du Bellay, Louise Labé, Jodelle, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Malherbe, Cyrano de Bergerac, Sainte-Beuve, Nerval, Musset, Leconte de Lisle, Baudelaire, and others, illustrated with ...

Chronique du temps qui fut la Jacquerie. Illustrations de Luc-Olivier Merson. Gravures de Chessa. Lettres manuscrites par Cossard. (jaquerie)

Léon Hennique (under the pseudonym "Mayneville") (Luc-Olivier Merson, illustrator) (Prosper Mérimée) · 1903 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,250.00 (€1,131.36 | £945.00 | ¥199,835)

Paris, Librairie de la Collection des Dix / A. Romagnol, A FOLIO PROOF COPY ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER of this quirky and brutal livre d'artiste. Illustrated with etchings by Chessa after Merson (for the illustrations) and Cossard (for the manuscript text). From a total editio...

Les péchés capitaux. Sonnets. Eaux-fortes d' Alfred Taiée

Joseph Poisle Desgranges (Alfred Taiée, illustrator) · 1875 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris, Bachelin-Deflorenne, First and only edition. A proto-livre d'artiste, illustrated with four wonderfully oneiric full-page hors-texte etchings by Alfred Taiée. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies, of which this is ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE WHATMAN WOVE PAP...

Le saint homme de Huestra. Gravures sur bois originales de Hermann-Paul

Dr. Lucien Graux (Hermann-Paul, illustrator) · 1928 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris, Manuel Bruker, A charming livre d'artiste, illustrated with color woodcuts by Hermann-Paul. From a total edition of 305 numbered copies, this is one of 275 copies on extremely fine Arches wove paper. Large 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT.