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Pierre Bonnard

Parallèlement (In Parallel)

Published 1900 (poems written c. 1867–89 and first published 1889); additional documents c. 1897–1954; rebound 1954

Book with 109 lithographs by Bonnard printed in red and nine wood-engraved vignettes by Beltrand after drawings by Bonnard; letterpress text; two versions of the publisher’s original paper cover. Rebound with additional materials collected by Vollard: three sets of proofs of selected lithographs without the text; an unpublished wood engraving by Beltrand after a drawing by Bonnard, and Bonnard’s original drawing in ink; a proof of an additional unpublished wood engraving by Beltrand; four-page illustrated prospectus; handwritten list of the additional materials in pencil by Alexandre Roudinesco. Bespoke rebinding, chemise, and slipcase by Bonet for Roudinesco. Rebinding: full red leather with gray leather onlays and gold- and silver-colored tooling

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Author Paul Verlaine
Book binder Paul Bonet (rebinding)
Publisher Ambroise Vollard, Éditeur, Paris
Medium Book with 109 lithographs by Bonnard printed in red and nine wood-engraved vignettes by Beltrand after drawings by Bonnard; letterpress text; two versions of the publisher’s original paper cover. Rebound with additional materials collected by Vollard: three sets of proofs of selected lithographs without the text; an unpublished wood engraving by Beltrand after a drawing by Bonnard, and Bonnard’s original drawing in ink; a proof of an additional unpublished wood engraving by Beltrand; four-page illustrated prospectus; handwritten list of the additional materials in pencil by Alexandre Roudinesco. Bespoke rebinding, chemise, and slipcase by Bonet for Roudinesco. Rebinding: full red leather with gray leather onlays and gold- and silver-colored tooling
Dimensions pages, approx.: 11 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (29.6 × 24 cm); book (closed): 11 13/16 × 10 × 1 3/4 in. (30 × 25.5 × 4.4 cm)
Printer of plates Auguste Clot (lithographs), Tony Beltrand (wood engravings)
Printer of text L'Imprimerie Nationale, Paris
Edition 200 [this copy bound with unique supplementary materials]
Credit Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Object number 447.2022
Department Drawings and Prints

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