L'aiglon

New edition, limited to 3000 copies on wove paper. No.953.
Rare art-deco Jotau binding, in full vermillion red bakelite, joints mounted on piano-type hinges, beveled boards at edges, front board struck with three horizontal recessed fillets and decorated with a frieze of chiseled wheels, this same frieze is set with a silver metal plate bearing the engraved title of the work, small plate of the same on the spine. Original wrappers preserved. Small lacks of bakelite on the first three pivots at foot otherwise superb copy, with perfect freshness of paper.
Binding bearing the signature on the second pastedown in a medallion: Jotau, for Joseph Taupin, with the mention inside the second board: "patented S.G.D.G.". This binding was made between 1920 and 1933. Soft cardboard slipcase.