HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). *En rade*. Paris, Auguste Blaizot, Re - Lot 239

HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). *En rade*. Paris, Auguste Blaizot, René Kieffer, 1911. In-4, aubergine morocco leather, featuring in the center of a palisade outlined by embossed lines an owl nailed to it, inner border, yellow silk lining printed with a large woodcut by Guignebault, printed silk endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine (René Kieffer). 19 color etchings and 37 original woodcuts by Paul Guignebault. From the “Éclectique” Collection, a print run of 250 copies. One of 30 copies containing three states of the etchings, including the pure etching, and the complete set of woodcuts; this is a unique copy containing the 19 original watercolors by Paul Guignebault for the inserts, and 11 title pages. Bound at the front is an autographed card, signed on both sides to an abbot, dated October 1, 1904: How fortunate you are to be able to live in God, whom I see alive! Yet for years I was truly His. How far away that is! How far away!

Estimate:$1,147.84

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