Devambez

Illustrated edition with twelve original etchings by Édouard Chimot, issued in a limited edition of 576 numbered copies. The present copy, no. 111, is one of 100 printed on tinted Van Gelder Holland wove paper, accompanied by the usual double suite of the etchings in colour and in black.

 

It is further enriched with an original signed drawing by Édouard Chimot and an exceptional quadruple suite, on Japan paper, of eight of the etchings illustrating the work: the unreduced line engraving, the...

First edition of this promotional publication created for Quina-Laroche.
Handsome copy.
Full cardboard chemise, smooth spine, illustrated front cover, chemise complete with its two ties.
Work complete with its 10 color lithographs depicting actresses praising the benefits of Quina-Laroche.

First edition, one of 475 numbered copies on Ingres paper, the only printing along with 25 on Japan paper.
This work consists of a collection of 10 plates colored by pochoir by Guy Arnoux representing the different French flags from Joan of Arc to the First World War.
A stain at foot of title page and on first plate, flaps creased, boards stained, handsome interior condition.
Rare copy complete with its tricolor ties holding the chemise.

First edition of the preface to Paul Valéry, a 1000 numbered copies on Rives vellum, one draw after 30 Japan.
Illustrated book, frontispiece, a sepia reproduction of the painting The Death of Adonis by Nicolas Poussin.
Our copy is enriched with a postcard from Paulhan on which he added a few words with this copy of Adonis to a friend.
Shaded guards, a shadow left by the postcard on a subsequent custody.

First edition.
Publisher's full pasteboard binding in imitation vellum, smooth spine unlettered, boards illustrated with decorative blind-stamped motifs in the manner of medieval stamped bindings, a light ink stain at head of first board, edges gilt.
Illustrations and borders in colors in the manner of medieval illuminations by J. Van Driesten.
Pen annotations on some tables of 'children's weighing' appearing at the end of the volume, handsome interior condition.