Tony Beltrand & Henry Bellery-Desfontaines - Lot 17

Tony Beltrand & Henry Bellery-Desfontaines Free exchange, 1897 / L'image, 1897 Set of 2 plates, including 1 woodcut and 1 lithographic cover on wove paper. Tony Beltrand's plate is printed in an edition of 110 copies, out of 100 on wove paper. Both signed in the lower margin of the plate. Dimensions (Tony Beltrand): + Sheet size: 29.5 x 22 cm / 11.6 x 8.6 in. + Image size: 18 x 15 cm / 7 x 5.9 in. Dimensions (Henry Bellery-Desfontaines): + Sheet size: 30 x 22.5 cm / 11.8 x 8.8 in. + Image size: 22.5 x 16.5 cm / 8.8 x 6.4 in. Condition : In good condition, with light handling creases. The lithographic cover is folded in half, including the first and last pages of the issue, with the spine slightly damaged. Printed inside and on spine as issued. A few small tears in the margins and a few light creases on the corners of the Tony Beltrand plate. The images are otherwise very clean. Both created for the issue of "L'Image", published by Tony Beltrand and edited by Floury Editeur, Paris. The Henry Bellery-Desfontaines plate is on the cover of the June 1897 issue, while the Tony Beltrand plate was later included in the September 1897 issue.