[GERMAIN, Louise-Denise - DENIS, Maurice].

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[GERMAIN, Louise-Denise - DENIS, Maurice].
The Imitation of Jesus Christ. Anonymous translation of the XVIIth century honored by a brief from our Holy Father Pope Pius IX. Paris, Ambroise Vollard, 1903. In-4 [296 x 245] of XIII, 456 pp, (2) ff. the last one blank : brown calf, boards decorated with a cross figured by four silver lamé and threaded pieces on the sides, title and date in cold stylus on the first board, the words "Jesus" and "Christ" separated by a pattern made of silver lamé pieces, smooth spine decorated at the head and tail with silver lamé and threaded pieces, brown calf frame bordered by a large gilt fillet inside, lining and endpapers of painted paper attributed to Joseph Sima, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, brown calf spine flap folder, case (Louise-Denise Germain). Beautiful edition issued from the presses of the Imprimerie Nationale. It is illustrated with 216 woodcuts in the text after compositions by Maurice Denis. One of the 280 copies on vellum specially made for this edition by the papeteries du Marais (n° 200). Superb decorated binding by Louise-Denise Germain. The painted endpapers are particularly happy. The copy is enriched with the publication prospectus bound at the end. Provenance : Michel Wittock, with ex-libris (catalog IV, 11 May 2011, n° 9 : the wallpaper of the linings and endpapers is attributed to Joseph Sima). Exhibition : Metz, Relieurs d'art d'aujourd'hui, BM, 2001, n°42.- Paris, D'or et d'argent : livres d'artistes, reliures de création d'AIR Neuf, reliures anciennes, Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris, 2004, n° 181.- Bruxelles, Une vie, une collection, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 2008-2009, n° 103.- Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 2017, n° 21.
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