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| Genre/Form: | Etchings (Prints) Wood engravings (Prints) Illustrated works China papers (Paper) Marbled doublures (Binding) Bookplates (Provenance) Translations into French |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pléiade. Paris, L. Curmer, 1842 (OCoLC)657601642 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Matthias Emmich; Homer.; Ludwig Tieck; Emile de La Bédollière; Charles Emile Jacque; Adrien Féart; O Penguilly L'Haridon; Philippe Auguste Jeanron; Trimolet, M.; Charles François Daubigny; Hippolyte Louis Emile Pauquet; L Curmer; Peter A Wick; Kathleen Wick; Jean-Philippe Belz; Gottfried August Bürger; E T A Hoffmann; Charles Dickens; Henri Blaze; Paul Gavarni; Marie, de France; Schneider et Langrand. |
| OCLC Number: | 31734975 |
| Language Note: | Translations from German, English, Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit, chiefly by E. de La Bédollière [1-4, 10]; also by Trianon [6] and G. Pauthier [7]. |
| Notes: | "Imprimerie Schneider et Langrand, rue d'Erfurth, 1"--Half-title verso. Added t.p. engraved: "Adrien féart, inv et sc." Separate title pages designed and etched by Penguilly [1, 2], Jacque [3, 6, 8]; Jeanron [4]; Trimolet [5]; Féart [7]; Daubigny [9]; none [10]. Etched vignettes mounted on china paper designed and etched by Jacque [6, 8]. Wood-engraved vignettes: Louis and Soyer after Penguilly [1]; Louis, Lavieille, and Guilbaut after Penguilly [2]; Louis and Soyer after Jacque [3]; Piaud, Gérard, and Louis after Jeanron and Jacque [4]; Delduc and Guilbaut after Trimolet [5]; Féart, Laisné, and Adèle Laisné after Féart [7]; Hebert, Gérard, Hans, and Delduc after Pauquet [9]; Laisné, Gérard, Delduc, Guillaumot, and Gusman after Pauquet [10]. Originally issued in 10 parts, each with special title page. As issued, "Rosemonde" [6] preceded "Le combat des rats et des grenouilles" [5]. Issued in parts from 1840-42. Original binder's title: La pléiade; littérature sanskrite, grecque, française, anglaise et allemande. RBC copy: Parts paginated as described in Carteret and Vicaire. Binding: full midnight blue morocco gilt; covers framed in double and triple fillets with corner ornaments; raised bands and decorated spine compartments; elaborate inner dentelles; all edges gilt; marbled doublures; signed at foot of front pastedown: Belz-Niedree. Bookplate on front pastedown: Peter & Kathleen Wick. Small bookplate, blue and gilt, on front flyleaf verso: Ex libris de St. Genies. Small ink stamp on prelim. recto: "AB" (letters joined)--within a circle. Ms. notes of previous owner (Wick) on front flyleaf verso. Items laid in by previous owner (Wick) placed on file. |
| Description: | 10 parts in 1 v. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | [1] Lénore / Bürger. 1841 -- [2] Le conseiller Krespel / E.T.A. Hoffmann. 1841 -- [3] Le baron de Grogzwig / Ch. Dickens. 1841 -- [4] Geneviève de Brabant / Matthias Emmich. 1841 -- [5] Le combat des rats et des grenouilles / Homère. 1841 --- [6] Rosemonde : légende / Henri Blaze. 1841 -- [7] Sâvitrî : épisode du Mahabharata, grand epopée indienne. 1841 -- [8] Madame Acker : nouvelle / Gavarni. 1842 -- [9] Lai des deux amants ; Lai du bisclaveret / Marie de France. 1842 -- [10] La réconciliation : légende / Ludwig Tieck. 1842. |
| Other Titles: | Mahābhārata. Savitri. Battle of the frogs and mice. |
| Responsibility: | Homère, Veda-Vyasa, Marie de France, Burger, Hoffmann, Ludwig Tieck, Ch. Dickens, Gavarni, H. Blaze. |
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