Jeanne D'Arc.
Boutet de Monvel, Louis-Maurice. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie, 1896. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Oblong Folio. 49 Plates. Housed in its original clothbound portfolio with considerable wear, staining, and tears to cover, interior flaps are split at seams, but the edition itself is in remarkable shape. Consists of unbound leaves, with illustrations and text mounted on much larger sheets. Very light soiling to the first few plates, overall very clean and crisp. The illustrations are color lithographs with both text and illustrations printed directly from the stones. Although printed in a modern press of the time, false plate marks surround the illustrations to give the impression of intaglio printing.
A beautiful production that was also produced as a much smaller book in the late..... More