Some "tirages de tête" (most limited deluxe issues)

Illustrated edition of Sapho. Mœurs parisiennes, published in Paris in 1925 by the Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, successeur. One of 25 numbered copies on Grand Japon, the first and deluxe issue. The limitation reserves for these twenty-five copies the various states of the illustrations, including a lightly tinted state and a black state, together with a large original watercolour by Auguste Leroux, here signed. The edition continued with 175 copies on Imperial Japan paper and 1,000 on Arches wove, with a further 25 copies on Dutch handmade paper numbered in Roman numerals, making a total edition of 1,225 copies.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Minor worming to spine without significance.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition printed from the Vatican archives, one of 27 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe copy.
Rare and fine copy.
Commentary by Raymond Ritter.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on superior vellum, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, small lacks to the plastic film covering the boards at their margins.