UZANNE (Octave). La Reliure moderne, artistique et fantaisis - Lot 288

UZANNE (Octave). La Reliure moderne, artistique et fantaisiste. A remarkable copy of this bibliophilic study by Octave Uzanne, in a splendid mosaic binding by Georg Collin. Paris, Edouard Rouveyre, 1887. Small in-4 (180x260 mm), light brown morocco, cold-framed ribbed spine, triple framing with gilt corner irons to the entrenerfs, first cover decorated with a rich gilt and mosaic decoration in color, featuring beautiful bindings arranged on a pedestal and accompanied by a bamboo stalk, triple and double gilt fillet framing the second plate, inner band in the same brown morocco set with a decoration of full and dotted fillets, gilt friezes and corner irons, embroidered silk lining and endpapers with gold, red and sky-blue floral decoration, in a lined slipcase (Georg Collin). 263 pages, 2 ff.n.ch. (table, achevé d'imprimer) and VIII (Répertoire des planches), 1 engraved frontispiece by Manesse after Albert Lynch, 72 plates of one-tone photographic reproductions under captioned serpents, allegorical drawings by J. Adeline, G. Fraipont and A. Giraldon in headpieces and lettering. Fragile spine on first board (split over 17 cm), rubbing to edges and nerves, light scuffing on second board. A fascinating bibliophilic study of modern bookbinding by Octave Uzanne, featuring a frontispiece engraved by Manesse after Albert Lynch, 72 plates showing fine bindings reproduced after Albert Dujardin's originals, and several allegorical drawings by J. Adeline, G. Fraipont and A. Giraldon. Giraldon. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies on Vélin (N°69). Two bookplates on the first white endpaper: that of Margarete Litten and that of Cornelius J. Hauck, the great American collector whose library was dispersed by Christie's in 2006. An admirable copy, produced in Berlin by Georg Collin, son of the bookbinder Wilhelm Collin and last "royal bookbinder" to the German emperor.