JEANNIOT Lot n° 284

Benjamin CONSTANT - Adolphe, anecdote found in the papers of an unknown man. Preface by Paul Hervieu. Fifty etchings by G. JEANNIOT. Paris, chez l'artiste, 1901. In-4, 282 x 205 mm, black morocco signed Canape, top board decorated with a large set decoration, on chased calf in brown and brown tones with some highlights of grey and gold paint, signed Jeanniot, representing Adolphe and Ellénore seated head to head, five-ribbed spine titled gold, lining in grey taupe morocco with a gilt fillet and a black morocco listel set with cold fillets, brown moiré silk endpapers, second marbled paper endpapers in brown tones, gilt edges, cover preserved, in a brown half-maroquin folder with cover and lined case. [2 (half-title)], [2 (title)], [8], ix, 167, [1], [1 bl.], [2], [3 bl.], [1], [1 bl.], [10 (specimens)] pp. Limited edition of 131 numbered copies. ONE OF 5 ON JAPON, WITH THE FIRST STATE OF THE PLATES, ONE OF THE DRAWINGS OF THE TEXT AND A WATERCOLOR SKETCH ON THE FALSE-TITLE. Copy n° 6 printed for Monsieur Raynal. Justification signed by the artist. THE ILLUSTRATION INCLUDES: - 1 signed watercolor sketch on the false title. - 1 drawing "She had with them these doubtful forms...". - 1 title vignette. - Frontispiece: 2 states, 1 of which with a copy of a mailing from B. Constant in 1818. - 42 vignettes in the text. - 10 hors-texte. - P. 74 vignette not found in the text. - 2 vignettes (pp. 78 & 83 with 1 additional state). Mahé, I, 570. Monod, I, 3089. Carteret, IV, 122 "One of Jeanniot's best books". BINDED AT THE END: - CLÉMENT-JANIN - Le Livre d'artiste. Decorated with an original drypoint portrait of Benjamin Constant and twelve studies for the illustration of "Adolphe" by Georges JEANNIOT engraved on wood in black & in colors by Jules GERMAIN. Paris, Charles Bosse, 1904 (cover preserved). 21, [1], [4] pp. 13 illustrations : 10 vignettes (including the title) and 3 hors-texte. Limited edition of 115 numbered copies + 15 hors commerce. ONE OF THE 5 HEAD COPS ON JAPAN (n° 5), containing 3 states of the drypoint on japan; a double proof, one of which on japan, plus a black proof of each wood in color, and a suite, on chine, of all the illustrations. 1 hors-texte, "Adolphe" signed by Jeanniot; the other compositions signed by Jules Germain. Provenance: Raynal (nominative ex.); R. Descamps-Scrive (gilt bookplate on blue leather); Laurent Meeûs (bookplate with the motto "Hic liber est meus" gilt on blue leather); Librairie Simonson, Bruxelles (engraved bookplate).