PISAN (Christine de): Les Ballades. Prestige edition. Miniat - Lot 111

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PISAN (Christine de): Les Ballades. Prestige edition. Miniat - Lot 111
PISAN (Christine de): Les Ballades. Prestige edition. Miniatures and illuminations by Lucy BOUCHER. Nice, Monaco, Sefer et Arts et Couleurs, 1985. One volume. 26.5 by 37 cm. 217 pages. Full burgundy morocco, spine with 5 faux nerfs, decorated in gold, top cover with 6 polychrome enamel plates framing the cover, parchment medallion with a color illustration by Lucy BOUCHER, gilt head. Inner frame, crimson moiré silk endpaper, bordered burgundy half-maroquin slipcase, crimson moiré silk boards, fleecy crimson silk interior. Minor rubbing to nerves of book (not serious), rubbing to slipcase. Interior as new. One of 200 copies on Arches vellum, (N°362), including in addition to the illustration of the book, a continuation of the line of in and hors-texte, in dark garance. Without the framed illustration. First edition of this translation by Joseph Pardo, illustrated with 38 compositions reproduced in color by stencil or silkscreen by Lucy Boucher: 1 double-page spread, 7 full-page spreads, 8 historiated pages announcing the chapters, 5 headbands, 17 culs-de-lampe. Autograph letter from illustrator Lucy Boucher. The great tradition of Joseph PARDO editions, with medieval texts and illuminations by the greatest contemporary artists...
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