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Children's, Illustrated & Miniature Books
1:00 PM PT - Dec 11th, 2008

 

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PBA Galleries

 

133 Kearny Street
4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
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Lot 3057 save

Collection de M. Victor Desfosses

Title: Vente Après Décès: Collection de M. Victor Desfossés...
Author: [Desfossés, M. Victor]
Description: 56 pp. Illustrated with 25 Goupil gravures plates of famous works of art, some tinted. (Large 4to) 14x10¼, Tan morocco-backed marbled boards with gilt-decorated spine and black spine label laid on."The overall excellence of a Goupil gravure - the density of black, the separation of tones, and the clear, crisp quality of the image - was not surpassed until the introduction of the Rembrandt photogravure process in 1894." -Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography by John Hannavy.
Heading: Place Published: [Paris]
Publisher: [P. Chevallier]
Date Published: 1899

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This is a two day auction running Thursday 12/11 and Friday 12/12. Invoices will not be available before Monday 12/15.


Condition report

Edge wear especially to spine, some morocco torn off spine; some tissue guards torn or missing, some foxing; else very good.

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