Description: REMY DE GOURMONT_____ UNE NUIT AU LUXEMBOURG R O M A N ILLUSTRE DE BOIS ORIGINAUX DEC O S Y N S ANDRE PLICQUE & CIEPARIS 1925 DESCRIPTIONHatchards Binding(iv) + 213pp + (iv)Book measures 200mm x 155mm approximately.Printed Text in FrenchNumber 567 of 750 specially printed copies.Beautifully bound by Hatchards in medium half blue calf over gilt-edged cloth-covered boards. Spine with three gilt-decorated raised bands with lovely ‘arts & crafts’ gilt motifs to gilt-boxed compartments with title, author and date in gilt. Light blue end-papers and paste-downs, top page edges in gilt. Woodcut engraving to title page verso and further woodcuts by Cosyns throughout.CONDITIONIn overall very good condition indeed. The binding is holding very firm, a few minor marks and surface scratches with very mild bumping to corners, otherwise fine.Internally the pages are uniformly very lightly age-toned with only an occasional spot to end-papers and title page engraving. A few spot marks to page edges. Previous owner bookplate central to front paste-down.INTERESTINGRemy de Gourmont (1858 to 1915) was a French symbolist poet, novelist, and influential critic. In 1881, Gourmont was employed by the Bibliothèque Nationale. He began to write for general circulation periodicals such as Le Monde and Le Contemporain. He took an interest in ancient literature, following the footsteps of Gustave Kahn. During this period, he also met Berthe Courrière, model for, and heir of, the sculptor Auguste Clésinger, with whom he formed a lifelong attachment, he and Berthe living together for the rest of their lives. Gourmont was deeply depressed by the outbreak of World War I and died in Paris in 1915. Berthe Courrière was his sole heir, inheriting a substantial body of unpublished work which she sent to his brother Jean de Gourmont, and dying within the year. Gourmont and Courrière are buried Chopins tomb in Père-Lachaise Cemetery.Une Nuit de Luxembourg is a fictional work published in 1906. Antoine Francois Cosyns (1875 to 1950) was a French / Belgian illustrator whose works were often displayed at the Salon des Indépendants and Salon d'Automne.
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