- MAETERLINCK (Mauritius). The Blue Bird.... - Lot 209 - L'Huillier & Associés

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- MAETERLINCK (Mauritius). The Blue Bird.... - Lot 209 - L'Huillier & Associés
- MAETERLINCK (Mauritius). The Blue Bird. Enchantment. Paris, "Le Livre" [Émile Chamontin], 1924/1925. -- LEPAPE (Georges). Sets and costumes for L'Oiseau bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck. Preface by Gérard of Houville. Paris, Société d'édition "Le Livre", 1927. Set of 2 volumes in-8°, blue morocco, title and personalized palladium decoration decorating the first dishes (and also cold at the head of the second work), back with mute nerves, gold edges on witnesses, lining and blue moire guards, covers illustrated in preserved colours, blue half-marquin shirts with small overlaps and cases (Canape r. d. 1927). - Fourteen watercolours by Georges LEPAPE, stenciled by Jean SAUDÉ, including a small one on the cover and a large one on the back. in frontispieces, some enhanced with silver and gold. Printed at 460 copies, this one (N° 1), printed for Mr. Léon Comar, ONE OF THE TEN HEADS on IMPERIAL JAPAN, including an additional suite of watercolours. SINGLE EXAMPLE, ENRICHED: - of FOUR ORIGINAL SIGNED AQUARELLES, - of TWO ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL AQUARELLES (not retained), - an additional set of all line drawings, - a second copy of one of the compositions accompanied by a signed copy of the artist's signature to Mr. Léon Comar, and, - bound to the At the end of this first volume, the mock-up of the composition of the first plate of the binding. -- Volume composed of a preface of 10 pp. by Gérard d'HOUVILLE and 61 watercolours by Georges LEPAPE, coloured with stencil. by Jean SAUDÉ, of which seven on double pages, some of them with silver or gold highlights. Printed at 230 copies, this one (not numbered), ON IMPERIAL JAPAN, printed for Mr Léon Comar, including, not justified, an additional suite of illustrations. SINGLE, ENRICHED EXAMPLE of SEVERAL MANUSCRIPTED PARTS bound together at the end: - the SELF-GRAPPING PREFACE SIGNED by Gérard d'HOUVILLE (7 ff. large in-4° written
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