Alphonse Daudet, Illustré de Henry Lemarié, 3 vols.

Lettres de mon moulin - Contes du lundi - Tartarin de Tarascon.
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LM76
€800.00

 

 

    • Condition : very good condition, edges of slip cases slightly rubbed.
    • Illustrations: 48 woodcut in-text miniatures in colour and 66 vignettes printed in grey by Henry Lemarié.
    • Volumes: 3 volumes.
    • Binding: publisher's full red-orange morocco binding, Provençal folk motifs on the spine and on the boards, gilt heads, double-filleted frames inside the boards trimmed with moiré silk, storage cases lined with red morocco.
    • Format: small in-4.
    • Pages: 1 f., 233, (1) pp., 6 ff; 1 f., 254 pp., 10 ff; 1 f., 174 pp., 8 ff.
    • Publisher: Paris, Les Heures Claires.
    • Date : 1979 - 1980.

      De luxe edition, beautifully illustrated by Henry Lemarié.
      Limited edition of 3650 copies, copy number 3582 on Grand Vélin de Rives featuring the illustrations in their final state. 

      Henry Lemarié is, without question, the most famous and appreciated French miniaturist of our time. His work is the most sought after by bibliophiles: indeed, to his pictorial qualities he has added a perfect mastery of illustration. Henry Lemarié descends, through his paternal grandmother, from an old family of Touraine merchants who worked with silk in the 16th century. He was born in Tours in 1911 in the former post office of the royal messengers. After classical literary studies at the Jesuits in Tours, he wanted to follow the artistic tradition of his maternal grandfather, Louis Watteau de Lille, nephew of Antoine Watteau. From 1930 to 1936, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Lucien Simon, along with Lucien Fontanarosa, Yves Brayer, Robert Humblot and André Hambourg. In 1935, he discovered the Italy of Fra Angelico, Flemish painting with Bruegel the Old and England, which enchanted him. After his military service, he returned to his peaceful and poetic Touraine to which he was attached. He painted small scenes of the Touraine countryside, discovering Jean Fouquet and Bourdichon in the manuscripts of the old Tours library. He began by illustrating, while calligraphying the texts, a single copy of "A Christmas Carol", a Christmas story by Charles Dickens; a single copy of a story by Daudet, Les Trois Messes basses, as well as the three Ballades by Villon, for which he calligraphed the text in 15th century characters. Finally, the works illustrated by Henry Lemarié were published. In 1944, the Oeuvres de François Villon, enriched with 225 miniatures. In 1945, Les Quinze joyes du Mariage. From 1946 to 1952, three Tales of Charles Perrault and the Works of Rabelais. In the meantime, he was entrusted with the illustration of L'Ecole des femmes by Molière, Les Plaideurs by Racine and La Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier by Flaubert. From 1952 to 1954, Candide by Voltaire and the Letters of Madame de Sevigné. From 1951 to 1955, Henry Lemarié produced the illustrations for an edition of the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights, published in three volumes. Jean Estrade, director of the Editions d'Art "Les Heures Claires", produced this edition; it was the beginning of a very friendly collaboration. The development by Raymond Jacquet and Jean Estrade of a new technique of wood engraving in colour made these exceptional achievements possible. From 1957 to 1960, Henry Lemarié created illustrations for Don Quichotte, also published by the Editions d'Art "Les Heures Claires". On this occasion, he made numerous trips to Spain, where he gathered a marvellous documentation, essential to the elaboration of this work which made a milestone in the history of books. From 1961 to 1967, Henry Lemarié illustrated three volumes of Fables and three volumes of Contes de La Fontaine for the same publisher. Then, La Vie et la Mort de Monsieur de Tourneve and La Chartreuse de Parme were published by Marcel Lubineau. From 1971 to 1975, he worked again for Les Heures Claires on the illustration of three masterpieces by Alphonse Daudet: Tartarin de Tarascon -Contes du Lundi - Lettres de mon moulin. In 1979, he produced a series of 120 drawings and sketches for a Spanish edition of Don Quixote, which was a great success in Spain. In 1981, he completed the 90 drawings illustrating The Adventures of Mr Pickwick by Charles Dickens. In 1986, he drew and painted illustrations for Le Tour du Monde en quatre- vingt jours by Jules Verne. For twenty years, Henry Lemarie also illustrated luxury diaries for Les Trois Selliers. He took up the themes that are dear to him and produced for Les Heures Claires a series of colour illustrations on the Means of Transport, Small Trades, Small Merchants and Horse-drawn carriages of the past. Some bronzes were cast on the theme of the Petits Métiers. Henry Lemarié's work, based on his erudition and perfect knowledge of the subjects he interpreted and enriched by his immense talent as a painter, will remain a testimony to the art and spirit of our time. Henry Lemarié passed away in the spring of 1991, leaving a marvellous body of work to the amateurs.
More Information
Condition Used - Very Good
Language France
Artist / Illustrator Lemarié Henry
Illustrated Yes
Publicaton Date Jan 1, 1979
Year 1979
Author / Cartographer / Photographer Daudet Alphonse
Editor Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires
First edition No
Signed edition No
Signed binding No
Armorial binding No
Binding / Format Full leather
Size 25 x 20,5 cm
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