Pierre-Georges JEANNIOT

Illustrated edition with 45 unpublished drawings by Pierre-Georges Jeanniot engraved by Viejo, one of 40 numbered copies on handmade Japan paper, deluxe copies after 1 China paper and 10 other Japan on handmade Japan paper.
Handsome copy despite some inevitable foxing due to the properties of this paper.

Edition illustrated with 33 original etchings by Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, including 30 full-page plates, 1 title vignette and 2 headpieces, together with 37 wood engravings by Paul Bornet after Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, comprising 29 initials heightened in red and 8 tailpieces.
Printed in 124 numbered copies on vellum, all bearing a nominative dedication, this copy issued for Henri Legendre.
Full burgundy morocco binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with a fasces of the lictor in red morocco mosaic set within gilt fillets, date and place gilt at foot, gilt rolls on the caps, front cover ornamented at center with a circle enclosing a Phrygian cap in red morocco mosaic fram