Exposition Universelle, 1900: The Chefs-D'Oeuvre, 10 folio vols. 45/100 on Whatman Drawing Paper
Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1900. First Printing. Hardcover. 10 volumes, complete. No. 45 of 100 copies on Whatman Drawing Paper. Folio, 15.75 x 11.65 inches, bound in dark brown morocco over ruddy brown suede boards, flat spines, Bindings fair to good with rubbing, loss, weakening of joints, etc, some more than others, but all boards attached and possibly restorable; the contents are very good, the paper thick and bright, free of marks or foxing. Each volume with handsome etched title page as well as letterpress title page. Frontispieces for each of the 10 volumes are colored and many of the in-text engravings also colored, and (rarely) the full-page plates are as well; some of the plates are etchings, others are gravure photos, photogravures, woodcuts, steel engravings, and other forms of engraving. With dozens of plates in each volume, some of which have mats. Highlights include: Vol. I: Theodore Riviere's "The Sunna Virgin" frontispiece in color, color in-text engraving by Bouguereau; Vol. 2: Ernest-Louis Barrias "Nature Unfolding" colored frontispiece, full page engraving by Bouguereau; Vol. 3: Thomas Eakins "Salutat," John La Farge "Girls Making Kava," color frontispiece "Portrait" by F. D. Marsh, William Rothenstein illustration for Ibsen's "A Doll's House," John Singer Sargent's "Portrait of Mrs. Meyer" etched by Lambert, Francis Millet's "An Expansionist," John Lavery "A Lady in Black," in-text color engraving of 5th Ave. by Childe Hassam; Vol. 4: Isidore Kaufmann "Shabbath," Gustav KLIMT "Philosophy" etched by Leon Lambert, Franz Stuck "Bacchanal," Gustav KLIMT "Pallas Athene" (colored in-text illustration), other color in-text illustrations by Max Liebermann, Fritz von Uhde, et al.; Vol. 5: Shomin Ounno's "Antique Dancer" (frontispiece in color), Alfons-Marie MUCHA "Twilight" (matted photogravure); Vol. 6: Giovanni Boldini "Danseuse Espagnole" (colored frontispiece), Jose Miralles Darmanin "In Good Humor" (etched by Lavalley), Francisco Domingo "A Savant" (etched by Rodriguez); Vol. 7: full page plates by Anna Ancher, R. Christiansen, Nils Forsberg, frontispiece by CARL LARSSON, "Before the Mirror" in color and Larsson's "A Fete Day," Niels Gustav Wenzel's "Funeral of a Sailor in the Country in Norway," in-text works by Zorn; Vol. 8: Alexandre Cabanel "Albaydé," (colored frontispiece), Fragonard "The Studio of the Artist," Gerome "Innocence," Glaize "The Spectacle of Human Folly," MANET "Dejeuner sur L'Herbe," GUSTAVE MOREAU "Media & Jason" (etched by Patricot), DEGAS "Interior of a Cotton Exchange at New Orleans," (colored in-text illustration), Bazille and others; Vol. 9: CARL LARSSON "Crabbing" etched by Lavalley, colored in-text illustration of a TIFFANY lamp (this volume has a lot of reproductions of decorative arts objects rather than paintings and prints); Vol. 10: Frontispiece of a Cambodian pagoda in color, and engravings and plates of Paris architecture, the pavilions at the Exposition, etc. (includes color in-text illustration of the Eiffel Tower). OCLC-Worldcat locates 5 holdings of the limited Whatman paper edition. Set weighs about 75 lbs; postage calculated accordingly. As of this listing, the only other set on the market is priced about twice ours. Good. Item #H38084
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