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SONNETS ET EAUX – FORTES
Sonnets Et Eaux - Fortes
PUBLISHER & YEAR
Alphonse Lemerre Editeur, Paris 1869
Provenance
Private collection, Cyprus
Estimate
€ 3 000 – 4 500
Notes
The book brings together a collection of 42 poems by well-known poets of the time along with 42 full-page original etchings by well-known artists of the time, such as Manet Jongkind, Corot and others, complete with the cover page engraved by Prunaire.
All the etchings are signed on the plate.
Included are poems by:
Jean Aicard, Joseph Autran, Théodore de Banville, Auguste Barbier, Louis Bouilhet, Henri Cazalis, Léon Cladel, François Coppée, Antoni Deschamps, Émile Deschamps, Léon Dierx, Emmanuel des Essarts, Anatole France, Albert Glatigny, Théophile Gautier, Edouard Grenier, José-Maria de Heredia, Ernest d’Hervilly, Arsène Houssaye, Georges Lafenestre, Victor de Laprade, Laurent-Pichat, Leconte de Lisle, André Lemoyne, Robert Luzarche, Gabriel Marc, Judith Mendès, Catulle Mendès, Albert Mérat, Paul Meurice, Claudius Popelin, Armand Renaud, Louis Xavier de Ricard, Sainte-Beuve, Joséphin Soulary, Sully Prudhomme, Armand Silvestre, André Theuriet, Auguste Vacquerie, Léon Valade, Paul Verlaine and Jean Vireton
Included are etchings by:
Abraham, Bracquemond, , Boilvin, Corot, Courtry, Daubigny, Gustave Dore, Edwards, Ehrmann, Flameng, Français, Feyen-Perrin,Frankel, Haden, Hedouin, Hereau, Victor Hugo, Howard, Jacquemart, Jongkind, Jundt, Gaucherel, Gerome, Giacomotti, Giraud, Lalanne, Lansyer, Levy, Leys, Edouard Manet, Michelin, Millet, Morin, Nanteuil, Queyroy, Popelin, Ranvier, Rajon, Regamcy, Ribot, Solon and Veyrassat.
