L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ. Traduction anonyme du XVIIe sièclehonorée d'un Bref de Notre Saint-Père le Pape Pie IX. First editon with the Maurice Denis wood-engravings. Signed.

Denis, Maurice , artist (1870?1943); Tony Beltrand, director of the 75 members of the Syndicat des Graveurs sur Bois; Imprimerie nationale, printer; Ambroise Vollard (publisher, 1866?1939)

Published by Paris. Ambroise Vollard, 1903

About this Item

4to. 25.5 x 30.2cm, iv, 453, [5]pp. Sheets loose as issued in original wrappers and matching linen slipcase.One of 400 signed and numbed copies. Approxiimately 75 wood-engravers, members of the Syndicat des Graveurs sur Bois, contributed to the work.Images in the symbolist style.References: Luc Monod, no. 6262; Chapon, Le Peintre et le Livre. L'Âge d'or du livre illustré en France, 1870-1970, pp. 68-69.- Skira, Anthologie du livre illustré, 1946, n° 62.- Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book 1700 to 1914, n° 376) ; Carteret IV, p. 214.First printing of 216 wood engravings designed by Maurice Denis, engraved under his direction with the collaboration of Tony Beltrand.Limited edition of 400 numbered copies.One of 152 on Marais vellum in the form (n° 303) of the edition, with the watermark ?L'Imitation de J.-C.?.Signed by Denis in pencil.Magnificent book illustrated with woodcuts based on the compositions of Maurice Denis: 216 woodcuts, including 116 square compositions mid-page at the head of each chapter (approximately 11 x 11 cm), the others being headbands and ends.This remarkable symbolist illustration is in the painter's first manner; although published in 1903, the compositions of Maurice Denis were executed from 1893 to 1899. The reproduction of the drawings was a real challenge, entrusted by Ambroise Vollard to the care of the Imprimerie Nationale and to the skill of the eighty craftsmen who shared the work under the direction of Tony Beltrand.The work appeared without a publication slipcase: the copies are generally bound and such a copy in sheets and in very good condition has become rare. In-4 en ff., couverture illustrée rempliéesous étui.216 bois dessinés par Maurice DENIS.Tirage limité à 400 ex. ; n°152 des 280 sur vélin à la forme,fabriqué spécialement pour cette édition, signé par l'artiste aujustificatif.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ. Traduction anonyme du XVIIe sièclehonorée d'un Bref de Notre Saint-Père le Pape Pie IX. First editon with the Maurice Denis wood-engravings. Signed.
• Publisher: Paris. Ambroise Vollard
• Publication Date: 1903
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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