L. LACOSTE, Henri DUVERNOIS
L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1921|19 x 25.50 cm|relié sous étui
Edition illustrated with 30 original watercolours in and out of text by L. Lacoste coloured by Saudé, one of 5 numbered copies on Japon impérial paper, deluxe copy.
Full red morocco binding, spine slightly darkened with four raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with double black compartments and a fawn mosaic morocco border, black roulettes on headcaps, frame on covers with green mosaic morocco border and quintuple black fillets, red watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, frame of two green mosaic morocco borders on pastedowns, following endpapers of marbled paper, double black fillets on leading edges, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, red morocco-edged slipcase, moiré effect paper boards, beige felt interior, superb mosaic binding of the period signed Blanchetière.
Our copy contains a duplicate suite of out-of-text watercolours at the end of the volume as well as two original watercolours by L. Lacoste framing the title page.
Very fine copy perfectly executed in a full mosaic morocco binding by Blanchetière enhanced with two original watercolours by L. Lacoste.
€1,200