GUERIN (Mauritius of). The Centaur and the Bacchante. Poems - Lot 179

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GUERIN (Mauritius of). The Centaur and the Bacchante. Poems - Lot 179
GUERIN (Mauritius of). The Centaur and the Bacchante. Poems in prose. Preface by Louis Barthou. In Paris, Le Contemporary book, 1931. In-4°, brown morocco, large net frame, cold Greek and spheres of Gold pastilles decorate the plates, hexagonal pattern in gold relief inlaid in the center (different on both), smooth ornate back, gold wafers, beige moire lining and endpapers, double endpapers, embossed decorated cover preserved, case (Jules Chadel - Georges Cretté). 50 coloured woods by Jules CHADEL, some full-page, including a frontispiece; coloured headbands and lettering. 121 copies printed on old japanese, this one (n° 27), printed for Mr Pierre Guerquin, bearing the signatures of Louis Barthou. and Jules Chadel on the first illustrated intermediate title and Chadel alone on the second. From the Pierre Guerquin library, with ex-libris. Enclosed, bound in fine binding: the menus for the meals of December 9, 1931 and May 24, 1932. ENRICHED EXAMPLE of AN ORIGINAL AQUARELLE (the one on p. 42) and A LAVIS (not used for the illustration).
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