Les Appartements du Baron de Redé en l'Hôtel Lambert, Isle Saint-Louis. Textes de La Princesse Bibesco et de René Héron de Villefosse. Illustrations de Jean-Louis de Maigret. Photographies de Jean Vincent.
$2,500
A photographic tribute to the Baron de Rede's magnificent Hotel Particulier.
The main body of the book is composed of 13 photographs taken by Jean Vincent of the exterior and apartment rooms of the Hotel Lambert, transformed and restored by Rede in the preceding years. The residence was a society hub and the location for the Baron's infamous costumed balls. The photographs are preceded by two essays, 'La Chanson de l'Isle Saint-Louis' by Princesse Bibesco and 'Heurs, Malheurs et Bonheurs de l'Hotel Lambert' by Rene Heron de Villefosse. With text illustrations by Jean-Louis de Maigret.
Texts by La Princesse Bibesco and Rene Heron de Villefosse. Illustrations by Jean-Louis de Maigret. Photographs by Jean Vincent. Editions du Rocher. Monaco. 1954.
First edition. Limited to 550 copies, this being no. 279 of 500 examples 'sur papier offset pour le texte et sur papier couche pour les illustrations'. Small quarto; Ivory wrappers with title to front, card chemise and slipcase with paper label pasted to front board. [40 pages]. 9 b&w and 4 tipped-in colour photographs illustrated title-page and 5 further text illustrations printed in green. French 250 x 200mm. 0.55kg
Oskar Dieter Alex von Rosenberg-Redé, 3rd baron von Rosenberg-Redé (1922-2004), was an aristocratic banker - he helped manage the Rolling Stones' burgeoning fortunes - and aesthete-socialite whose historically informed sense of spectacle made the costume balls that he hosted at the Hôtel Lambert internationally notorious. A highly evocative memento, the greater part comprised of Vincent's superbly atmospheric, velvety carbon prints.
Inscribed: to Monsieur et Madame Walter Blumenthal
Signed: 'Alexis de Rede 21 Juin 1958'
9 1/2" x 7 3/4"
VG
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