Edouard CHIMOT, Prosper MÉRIMÉE
L'Espagne et ses gitans
Presses de Pierre Gaudin|Paris 1956|24.50 x 32.50 cm|relié sous étui
Illustrated edition with 12 original color compositions by Edouard Chimot, one of 50 numbered copies on Rives wove, deluxe issue after 23 other copies on Rives wove.
Half orange-red morocco over corners, smooth spine, illustrator’s name gilt at foot, gilt fillet framing on vellum-style paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original covers preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase edged in orange-red morocco with marbled paper panels and interior, binding signed Vassière, binder in Castres.
This copy includes the additional suite of the illustrations in black, as stated in the colophon.
A fine copy, handsomely bound.
Half orange-red morocco over corners, smooth spine, illustrator’s name gilt at foot, gilt fillet framing on vellum-style paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original covers preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase edged in orange-red morocco with marbled paper panels and interior, binding signed Vassière, binder in Castres.
This copy includes the additional suite of the illustrations in black, as stated in the colophon.
A fine copy, handsomely bound.
€500