Catalogue 32 - Marilyn Braiterman

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ALMANAC OF ROSES FOR 1818
55. MALO, CHARLES. HISTOIRE DES ROSES.
Paris: Louis Janet, (1818). 12mo, original publisher’s plain pink
boards in a pink card slipcase (lacking base of slipcase) with giltdecorated
spine and an old library label. Stitching starting to loosen
else fine. Title page with color vignette of a rosebush and 240 pages
with folding plate of saint’s days for 1818 at the rear and a selection
of French poetry on the rose and a botanical vocabulary. Twelve
exquisite miniature plates of roses by Pancrace Bessa in color stipple
engraving finished by hand with protective tissues. A pupil of
Redouté, Bessa was employed by Empress Josephine to describe the
rare plants at Malmaison. Later he was a protégé of the Duchesse de
Berry. Nissen 1226. Dunthorne 36. $1500
56.
LOÏE FULLER
56. MARX, ROGER & PIERRE ROCHE LA LOÏE FULLER
(Paris: Les Cent Bibliophiles, 1904). 4to, cream wrappers with
embossed design covering both covers in pink, gilt and green.
Professionally rebacked in compatible paper. Included is the
contemporary marbled board portfolio, into which the book had
been bound, presumably for the original owner, Maurice Quarré, a
member of the French bibliophile society, with his bookplate laid in.
With announcement from L’Estampe Originale listing this work as
appearing next. Scattered minor foxing; a very pretty copy.
Seventeen embossed designs in color, “estampes modelées”, by
Pierre Roche. These are sculptural relief engravings apparently from
plaster models according to Gordon Ray, printed with touches of
color in a process called gypsography. Roche, a pupil of Rodin, was
a noted sculptor, medallist and ceramist. This is the first use of relief
illustrations in a book and the first use of Auriol Italique type, which
combine for a beautiful mise-en-page.
55.
This exquisite Art Nouveau book captures the celebrated American
artiste whirling in her diaphanous veils, lit by colored spotlights . Loïe
opened her own special theater at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair and called
her performance “la danse serpentine.” A vibrant homage to the dancer
who fascinated the world and a bibliographic and technical tour de
force. Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, p. 480. $15,000
Marilyn Braiterman