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CARUCHET (Henri)-ROLLINAT (Maurice)

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CARUCHET (Henri)-ROLLINAT (Maurice)



Neuroses. Souls. Lust. Shelters. The ghosts. Darkness. Folio manuscript (ca. 250 x 155 mm), 391 pages and 8 table pages, red morocco, on the boards large composition of sets of five gilt fillets crossing and interlacing forming a large frame with a central diamond-shaped compartment, spine decorated in the same style, blue morocco lining decorated with a double frame of gilt fillets, red fault guards, gilt edges (Gruel). spectacular manuscript, ornamented and calligraphed by henri caruchet for count A. de Keller. The



different parts of the book are written in blue ink for The Souls, red for The Luxures, green for The Shelters, violet for The Spectres, black for The Darkness



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The title bears this curious mention Paris, A. Blaizot, Libraire-éditeur, 1910 which suggests that this manuscript is a publishing project that never saw





the light of day.





The manuscript is illustrated by Henri Caruchet with 28 astonishing full-page compositions, mounted on sheets of Japanese paper, one for the cover, 5 frontispieces illustrating the five parts of the collection and 22 full-page





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These compositions are imbued with symbolism, mixing macabre and religious imagery, the figures standing out for the most part on a field of repeated decorative blooms, typical of the artist's manner.



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