Event Date22 JUN – 5 JUL 2023 | Online 22529

Livres rares et Manuscrits

Paris
Closed
Sale Total EUR 992,376

22 JUN – 5 JUL 2023

Sale Overview

This summer, Christie’s Paris online-only Livres rares et Manuscrits auction will invite international collectors and booklovers to an exploration of seven centuries of writing and printing. From 16th century printed books to the most daring livres d’artistes, from Diderot, Callot and Napoleon, to Braque, Duchamp and Éluard, the sale is an invitation to discover the shapes and visions of the book through the years. Among the remarkable copies and documents, one can mention a large set of arcimboldesque etchings from the Métiers et Costumes grotesques series, a complete copy of the Encyclopédie bound for Empress Maria Feodorovna, a fascinating archive and set of original drawings for a Surrealist card game, an illuminated missal for the use of Notre-Dame de Paris, as well as important autograph manuscripts and letters by Gustave Flaubert, Germaine de Staël or Pierre Soulages.

Cet été, le département Livres et Manuscrits de Christie’s Paris est ravi d’inviter bibliophiles, collectionneurs et amateurs à parcourir sept siècles d’histoire du livre, et à découvrir nombre d’exemplaires choisis. Des édition gothiques aux livres d’artistes les plus audacieux, de Diderot, Callot et Napoléon à Braque, Duchamp et Éluard, la vente est l’occasion de découvrir le livre sous toutes ses facettes. Parmi les exemplaires remarquables, signalons ainsi ce précieux ensemble de gravures issues de la série des « Métiers et costumes grotesques », une édition originale de l’Encyclopédie aux armes de l’impératrice Maria Feodorovna, une fascinante archive et réunion de dessins originaux autour du Jeu de Marseille des surréalistes, un missel enluminé à l’usage de Notre-Dame de Paris, ainsi que d’importants manuscrits et lettres autographes de Gustave Flaubert, Germaine de Staël ou encore Pierre Soulages.

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