Lebegue Leon Illustrator (4 results)

Original Wraps. 79 pages in text. 19 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 228 of 300 [total edition of 1500] on velin blanc d'arches, with two states of the plates. Plethora of pochoir illustrations: initial letters, text illustrations, and an extra set in black and white after the text. Partly unopened, interior contents fresh and crisp, nicks with small loss front and rear cover heads. Orig. illustrated wrappers printed in red and black. Very good.…

Condition: Very good. 8vo. [iv], 25, [3] pp., engraved color-printed frontispiece, 6 color-printed vignettes, and 5 color-printed "insular" initials in the text. Contemporary red niger morocco, lower turn-in with gilt pallet-stamp "M. Marshall" (binding refurbished), upper cover with the monogram, crest and motto of the first owner Lily E.C. Routh, five raised bands on spine, title and date lettered in gilt in the second and sixth compartments, pale green and pink marbled pastedowns and endpapers, original printed wrappers bound in, t.e.g. With the large Pre-Raphaelite bookplate of Lily E.C. Routh pasted (slightly askew) on the front free endleaf. A BINDING OF RESTRAINED ELEGANCE BY MAUD MARSHALL, MEMBER OF THE GUILD OF WOMEN BINDERS, FOR LILY ROUTH, COLLECTOR OF FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND PATRON OF THE GUILD. The name "M. Marshall" was known to Marianne Tidcombe (Women Bookbinders 1880-1920, pp. 171-2), who provided a very good preliminary assessment of "Miss" Marshall's career, noting her membership in the Guild of Women Binders, and that she was a binder and teacher, first in Bloomsbury Square (where Sangorski and Sutcliffe had their first bindery) and then in Denmark Street (where Cockerell had his first studio). However, it was not until 2024 that "M. Marshall" was positively identified as Emily Maud Marshall, thanks to the heroic research by Philippa Marks of the British Library published in her "Untold Lives" blog (17 Dec 2024): "In careers articles and exhibition reviews, women binders are often referred to as 'Miss' plus surname. Miss M. Marshall, the binder of Library's newly acquired copy of William Morris's Poems (1908) has proved difficult to research, but we can reveal her identity." Emily Maud Marshall was born in 1869 in Yokohama. Based in London during the first decade of the 20th century, she worked as a bookbinder in collaboration with Edith Gedye. Their binding styles were influenced by William Morris and T.J. Cobden-Sanderson's Arts and Crafts movement (as were many contemporary hand binders) but it is not known who taught them. The pair exhibited their bindings at Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society shows in 1903 and 1906. From 1904 to 1907, the bookseller Bain helped them sell their work. Newspaper articles indicate that they submitted their bindings to many amateur and professional competitions, and they regularly received first prizes, certificates and honorable mentions. Marshall contributed a noteworthy article on bookbinding in the Fingerpost "Guide to the Professions and Occupations of Educated Women" (1906). She writes: "Of the many careers opened of late years to women, bookbinding is perhaps the one most attractive in point of interest, combining as it does physical, mental and artistic effort. Whether it is a lucrative career must depend entirely upon the individual." A career in artistic bookbinding could certainly be an uphill struggle for women. Marshall and Gedye also offered lessons in bookbinding, which not only provided an increased income stream for the business but also gave experience to those not otherwise able to learn the craft (NB: women were not usually eligible for apprenticeships at this time). Marshall herself offered three-, six- and twelve-month courses of instruction. In 1910 it would appear that the pair had begun to work independently: Gedye moved to Bristol while Marshall continued to rent business premises in London. By 1921, Census records show Marshall in Ware, Hertfordshire, "not occupied for a living." She died in Aldingbourne, Sussex, in 1940. "LE ROI DAGOBERT" (1911): A novella by Gebhart inspired by the little-known 7th-century (!) King of the Franks. It was illustrated in the neo-Medieval style by Leon Lebegue (1863-1944), one of the finest French etchers of the early 20th century. He was much sought after by publishers of fine, limited illustrated editions, as is attested by his work for Huysmans, De Musset, Anatole France, Balzac, Theodore de Banville, Louys, and others. The Roi Dagobert offered here was limited to 300 copies only; this is number 261 on Hollande, numbered and initialled by the publisher F. Ferroud. PROVENANCE: Lily E.C. Routh (her monogram and motto on upper cover ("Incorrupta fides"; her bookplate on front free endleaf designed by E.M. Blake, 1907) -- Forum Auctions, London (1/15/26, group lot 126) -- John Robertshaw. § Luc Monod, Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrés modernes, no. 5228. Mahe, Répertoire des éditons de luxe, II, col. 188. …

8vo, pp. 56, [2], [2 (colophon)]; frontispiece with tissue guard and 22 coloured etchings, coloured vignettes in text, title printed in red, black, and blue, inner wrappers etched, coloured, and gilt; a few slight spots; a very good copy in contemporary blue-black levant by Flammarion (turn-in signed in gilt), borders French-filleted in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, lettered directly in one, board-edges filleted in gilt, turn-ins and levant joints richly roll-tooled, gilt-marbled silk endleaves, gilt-marbled flyleaves, top-edge gilt, others deckle-edged, ribbon place-marker, with marbled slip-case, both sets of publisher's wrappers bound in; lightly rubbed, upper joint subtly repaired, slip-case recovered in modern marble.Limited edition on vélin teinté d'Arches, numbered 430 of 500 copies, with etchings by Lebègue. First published in 1869, Verlaine's Fêtes gallantes are here exquisitely printed and illustrated by Léon Lebègue (1863 1944) and finely bound by Flammarion. OCLC finds no copies of this edition, nor could we trace any at auction Language: French.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1900 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 46 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: French.…