SAMAIN (Albert). Tales. Paris: Chez l'Artiste, 1926. Quarto, - Lot 363

SAMAIN (Albert). Tales. Paris: Chez l'Artiste, 1926. Quarto, pink morocco leather, three double vertical rows of gilt spirals, bordered by gilt fillets; same decoration on the spine; blue-gray morocco lining edged with a broad gilt fillet; framed by a triple gilt fillet with spirals at the corners, pink moiré endpapers, gilt edges on endpapers, cover, and spine; half-morocco slipcase; case (Semet & Plumelle). 25 copper engravings by Sylvain Sauvage, including the cover, a frontispiece, 4 full-page illustrations, and 18 in the text. Printed in an edition of 271 copies; this is one of the 10 first-edition copies on old Japanese paper, containing an unpublished original drawing, the rejected plate, the sequence of the plate breakdown, and the red chalk study of the main plate.

Estimate:$1,343.15

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