Albert SAMAIN
Oeuvres. Au jardin de l'infante. Le chariot d'or. Symphonie héroïque. Aux flancs du vase. Contes polyphèmes. Poèmes inachevés.
L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1936 - 1937 (S.d)|14 x 20 cm|3 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
Collected edition illustrated by William Fel with 3 frontispieces, 45 chapter headpieces, 12 in text, 15 hors texte, all in colors. One of 2050 copies on laid paper, No. 1673. Color etchings with registration marks.
Contemporary full parme morocco binding signed Odette Laborne on pastedown. Smooth spine decorated with complex ornamental tools, lined on the volume Au jardin de l'infante. This same tool appears in diamond composition on the covers. Pink velvet pastedowns. Top edge gilt. Spines sunned, having turned brown. Traces of rubbing on spine. The illustrated covers and spines have been preserved. Perfectly fresh copy with wide margins.
Despite some flaws, handsome volumes with charming symbolist-inspired illustration.
Contemporary full parme morocco binding signed Odette Laborne on pastedown. Smooth spine decorated with complex ornamental tools, lined on the volume Au jardin de l'infante. This same tool appears in diamond composition on the covers. Pink velvet pastedowns. Top edge gilt. Spines sunned, having turned brown. Traces of rubbing on spine. The illustrated covers and spines have been preserved. Perfectly fresh copy with wide margins.
Despite some flaws, handsome volumes with charming symbolist-inspired illustration.
€650