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322 - Signed Moroccan-bound editions JAMMES (Francis) - *Les Géorg…
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Estimate €300 - €500
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Signed Moroccan-bound editions JAMMES (Francis) - *Les Géorgiques chrétiennes*. Original woodcuts engraved by J.-B. VETTINER. Paris, Kieffer, 1920. Large 8vo. Limited edition of 500 copies; one of 10 on old Japanese paper in the original format, with a set of ‘bis’ copies on Chinese paper, first-quality paper. This copy includes a 4-page 8vo letter from the illustrator to René Kieffer. Chocolate-coloured morocco leather signed BLANCHETIÈRE, gilt title on ribbed spine, double gilt fillet on the edges, original publisher’s cover retained, double black leather band with central gilt fillet on the inside, chocolate-coloured moiré endpapers, double endpapers, gilt edges, slipcase. Provenance: Ex-libris printed by Marcel Pognon. - Clairières dans le Ciel. Watercolours by Georges d’ESPAGNAT. Paris, Le Livre Contemporain, 1948. Quarto; colour illustrations both in the text and as inserts. Limited edition of 130 copies. Black morocco leather bound, signed by René and Michel KIEFFER, plain spine, title in multicoloured lettering, mosaic star spirals in various colours on the covers, protective Rhodoid slipcase, cloth-covered slipcase. - *Pomme d’Anis, or the Story of a Disabled Young Girl*. Illustrations by Henri GEORGET. Paris, Mercure de France, 1914. Quarto; colour illustrations by Henri GEORGET. Printed on BFK paper from Rives. Fawn calfskin, smooth spine, embossed trellis decoration on the covers, gilt title, gilt fillet framing the covers, original publisher’s dust jacket retained, gilt head, slipcase.
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