Mario UCHARD

First edition.
Half red morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with quadruple gilt compartments, gilt date at foot, moiré-effect paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, soiled original wrappers preserved, all edges gilt, elegant unsigned late 19th-century binding.
Fine engraved bookplate depicting the Parthenon pasted on pastedown
Handsome copy attractively bound.

First printing of the 40 original compositions by Paul Avril etched, one of 50 numbered copies on China paper.
Half sand morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt stippling decorated with quadruple gilt compartments embellished at angles and centers with mosaic pieces of green and brown morocco, gilt date at foot, frame of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved (covers marginally spotted), top edge gilt on deckled edges, elegant contemporary binding signed by Champs.
Our copy is complete with the duplicate state on Japan paper of each of the etchings.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.

Work illustrated with drawings and watercolors by Felician Myrbach and Luigi Rossi engraved by Guillaume brothers.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.