RAVENNES (Jean). The Life of Mary. Paris: Alexis Bédier, 192 - Lot 358

RAVENNES (Jean). The Life of Mary. Paris: Alexis Bédier, 1928. Quarto, blue morocco leather; on each cover, the same design repeated twice, consisting of a cross outlined by a white band surrounded by light blue bands and square palladium dots, and a design with a gold fillet; the binding edge marked with three large palladium-colored squares, the inner frame adorned with a set of five gold fillets, sky-blue moiré lining and endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine, slipcase (Louis Gilbert). 48 watercolors by Georges Desvallières, engraved in color on wood by Pierre Gusmanet and Paul Baudier. Printed in an edition of 325 copies; this is one of 35 copies on Imperial Japan paper containing a series of stenciled insert plates, one of which is a color woodcut. A color breakdown of one plate has been included. A beautiful copy in a period binding signed by Louis Gilbert, embellished with three original full-page watercolors by Georges Desvallières. Spine very slightly darkened.

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