Le livre. Revue mensuelle. Bibliographie ancienne. [later, Bibliographie rétrospective. later, Revue du monde littéraire, archives des écrits de ce temps, bibliographie rétrospective.] [WITH] Le livre. Revue mensuelle. Bibliographie moderne.

Name: Le livre. Revue mensuelle. Bibliographie ancienne. [later, Bibliographie rétrospective. later, Revue du monde littéraire, archives des écrits de ce temps, bibliographie rétrospective.] [WITH] Le livre. Revue mensuelle. Bibliographie moderne.
Author: Uzanne, Octave, editor.

Book Description

1. Le livre. Revue mensuelle. Bibliographie ancienne. 1880-1888. 9 volumes (of 10), imp. 8vo (300 x 205mm), issued in monthly parts, on average 400 pages per yearly volume, continuous pagination, title pages printed in red and black with t.p. device by Félicien Rops, numerous head- and tailpieces, initials and decorative or illustrated borders, abundantly illustrated in the text plus 170 plates, on average 18 per volume, including original etchings, notably an unplublished etching by Félix Buhot, engravings, heliogravures and some plates in chromotypography. Indexes. Volume 1 printed on wove paper, vols. 2-5 printed on laid and specially watermarked paper (as announced in prospectus laid in), vols. 6-9 on plain paper, uncut, some sections unopened. Wanting vol. 10 (1889), the ultimate volume published. 3rd gathering (pp. 17-24) never bound in (facs. text supplied). 2. Le livre. Revue mensuelle. Bibliographie moderne. 1880-1887, 1889. 9 volumes (of 10), imp. 8vo (300 x 205mm), issued in monthly parts, on average close to 800 pages per yearly volume, continuous pagination, indexes. Title pages printed in red and black with device by Félicien Rops, as of vol. 4 with headpieces & dec. title borders, as of vol. 5 with added dec. headings and initials. Printed on plain paper, uncut. Wanting the year 1888, i.e. the penultimate volume. The years 1884-1887 contain a bibliographical supplement: Bibliographie des publications, [bibliographie des articles dans les journaux et recueils périodiques] parues en France sur le livre et l’art du livre; bibliographie des journaux et revues traitant du livre et de l’art du livre.]

Dealer Notes

A nearly complete run of Le Livre, an innovative publication for bibliophiles founded by Octave Uzanne, general editor and contributor, and Albert Quantin, publisher and printer with whom Uzanne shared the ambition of revamping bibliophily. In 1880 Quantin added relief and etching presses to his printing works with the aim of trying out new graphic processes, among which chromotypography. The magazine consisted of two parallel publications, the abundantly illustrated Bibliographie ancienne, a deluxe production, paired with the Bibliographie moderne, without illustrations and containing more text. The enterprise ran for ten years and provides today’s reader with a captivating immersion in the contemporary book world. Covered are book collecting, bindings, binders, illustrators, print makers, history of printing, collectors, collections, famous libraries, publishers, the literary scene, fine arts, book production and publishing, and all other imaginable fields connected with the book: auctions, jurisprudence, etc., etc., the whole illustrated with a rich iconography, completed by an apparatus of annual tables and indexes.
Barbier, Blades, Brunet, Drujon, J. Grand-Carteret were contributors, and many other figures, some well known and others lesser known today.

Author Uzanne, Octave, editor.

Date 1880-1889

Binding Half cloth and marbled boards, wraps. bound in.

Publisher Paris: A. Quantin

Illustrator Félix Buhot et al

Condition All bindings tight, spines somewhat darkened or dust soiled, leather labels somewhat scuffed, upper cover of vol. 1 cover stained (see photo), very occasional offset from a plate.

Price: £400.00

Offered by Christian F Verbeke Rare Books

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