Group of Etchings after Henner and Popelin, from L'Eau-Forte
Three etchings each with an etched remarque below the plate, removed from a deluxe illustrated publication and retaining the original tissue guards. Comprising "La Fontaine (The Fountain)", engraved by Charles-Jean-Louis Courtry after an original painting by Jean-Jacques Henner; "The Magdalen" after Jean-Jacques Henner, etched by A. Didier; and "Mercury Argiphontes" after Gustave Popelin, etched by Paul Le Rat, captioned (L'Eau-Forte. Plate XLV.). Accompanied by the corresponding letterpress text leaves, each with a smaller etched headpiece vignette, rubricated initial and red marginal title.
Condition
Good. Impressions strong and well contrasted, the remarques crisp; the India paper laid down as issued, lifting slightly at a few edges. Sheets age-toned overall, most pronounced on the Mercury Argiphontes text leaf, with scattered foxing — a dense cluster of dark spots in the lower left margin of the Magdalen sheet and orange-brown spotting along the left edges. Edges rough as issued, with small nicks, chips and short closed tears at the upper left of the Fountain sheet. Versos show a faint rectangular ghost of the plate; one sheet with an embossed mark at the upper right. Tissue guards present, creased and toned, one with red offsetting from the rubricated initial. Sheets loose, unmounted and unframed.
Three etchings each with an etched remarque below the plate, removed from a deluxe illustrated publication and retaining the original tissue guards. Comprising "La Fontaine (The Fountain)", engraved by Charles-Jean-Louis Courtry after an original painting by Jean-Jacques Henner; "The Magdalen" after Jean-Jacques Henner, etched by A. Didier; and "Mercury Argiphontes" after Gustave Popelin, etched by Paul Le Rat, captioned (L'Eau-Forte. Plate XLV.). Accompanied by the corresponding letterpress text leaves, each with a smaller etched headpiece vignette, rubricated initial and red marginal title.
Condition
Good. Impressions strong and well contrasted, the remarques crisp; the India paper laid down as issued, lifting slightly at a few edges. Sheets age-toned overall, most pronounced on the Mercury Argiphontes text leaf, with scattered foxing — a dense cluster of dark spots in the lower left margin of the Magdalen sheet and orange-brown spotting along the left edges. Edges rough as issued, with small nicks, chips and short closed tears at the upper left of the Fountain sheet. Versos show a faint rectangular ghost of the plate; one sheet with an embossed mark at the upper right. Tissue guards present, creased and toned, one with red offsetting from the rubricated initial. Sheets loose, unmounted and unframed.
