Le livre de l’émeraude: en Bretagne

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 180
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Suarès, André, 1868-1948
Title
Le livre de l’émeraude: en Bretagne
Statement of responsibility
André Suarès
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Émile-Paul Frères, éditeurs
Printer
Julien Crémieu imp., 13 et 15, rue Pierre-Dupont, Suresnes
Date
1919
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Émile-Paul Frères, éditeurs, 1919
Language
French
Tirage
No mention of limited print run, copy numbering or explicit special-paper indication visible in the supplied images
2. Physical description
Collation
318 pages
Illustrations
None
Format
19 cm; octavo
Dimensions
19 cm
Paper type
Good-quality cream wove paper, with visible fibres and slightly rough texture; typographic printing on uncoated paper
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
French serif typography; sharp and even printing
3. Binding
Binding type
Half leather binding with grained cloth boards
Colours
Dark brown and black
Decoration
Spine with gilt fillets and gilt title; decorated stamped endpapers
Spine
Smooth leather spine with gilt tools and title “Le Livre de L’Émeraude”
4. Content
Content description
Literary and poetic work inspired by Brittany, composed of evocative texts of symbolic and landscape character; André Suarès develops a spiritual and aesthetic vision of the Breton landscape through lyrical prose close to French symbolism
5. General notes
Note 1
Nouvelle édition published in Paris in 1919
Note 2
Includes printed Latin dedication “Amico Meo”
Note 3
Contains table of contents at the end of the volume
Note 4
Text paper of wove appearance with visible fibres, characteristic of artisanal or semi-mechanical manufacture from the early twentieth century
Note 5
Non-publisher’s period half leather binding
6. Subjects
Main subject
French Symbolist literature
Subsubjects
Brittany; literary regionalism; French symbolism; poetic prose; landscape and spirituality
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
180
Condition
Good; solid binding; slight stains and scattered marginal oxidation; moderate wear to the spine
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Complete copy; preserves index and decorated endpapers