Henry KISTEMAECKERS

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Bradel binding in full teal cloth, smooth spine decorated with central gilt fleuron, initials, date and double gilt fillet at foot, fawn shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Henry Kistemaeckers to the writer Pierre Mortier: "Au spirituel, et délicat, et pénétrant écrivain Pierre Mortier, qui ressuscite au XXème siècle le charme et la "manière des petits maîtres du XVIIIéme" en témoignage de grande amitié littéraire et de grande amitié tout court !" (To the witty, and delicate, and penetrating writer Pierre Mortier, who resurrects in the 20th century...

first edition.
Binding blue half morocco with corners, back with five nerves decorated with gold set with double gilded coffered decorated in their centers dotted parts sand and red morocco mosaic depicting a flower pistil and enriched with gold typographical grounds in their petals, framing gilded nets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, elegant contemporary binding signed Vermorel.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated Henry Kistemaeckers to actress Madeleine Bouvier, wife of Henri Daniel-Rops Petiot alias: "To my lovely interpètre tomorrow (and after ...) Madeleine Danielrops (sic) until something...