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two books sitting on top of each other next to each otherthree books are sitting on a table next to each otherdrawing of a woman sitting in a chair in a living room next to a windowan open book sitting on a table next to a mouse
Daguerre Savoie

131 - (Illustrated). Set of 4 modern illustrated books:
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Estimate €150 - €200
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(Illustrated). Set of 4 modern illustrated books: - COLETTE - DIGNIMONT. *L'Ingénue libertine*. Paris, La Cité des Livres, 1928. In-4, paperback, cloth-bound cover, slipcase, case (spine of slipcase sun-faded). [2 ff], 237 pp, [1 f], 15 separate etchings by Dignimont. Printed in a run of 215 numbered copies; 1/150 on Holland vellum, unjustified, enriched with a complete set of bistre illustrations. - HERVIEU, Louise. *Le Bon Vouloir*. Paris, Librairie de France, 1927. In-4, paperback, illustrated cloth-bound cover, small tear at the bottom, slipcase. 188 pp, [2 ff], 104 illustrations by Louise Hervieu, including 20 out-of-text illustrations. Printed in a run of 401 numbered copies; this one is 1/350 on pure-fibre paper. A long dedication to Jean and Andrée Ajalbert covering the entire half-title page. *Le Bon Vouloir* was awarded a prize by the Académie française. - LOUŸS, Pierre - CARLÈGLE. *Psyché*. Followed by the conclusion to *Psyché* by Claude Farrère. Paris, Mornay, 1935. In-8, paperback, illustrated cover with a raised border, uncut. 229 pp, [1 f], 2 full-page illustrations, 42 in-text vignettes and end-plate illustrations by Carlègle. Printed in a run of 1,700 numbered copies; this one is 1/1,635 on Rives paper (no. 1,386). - CARLÈGLE. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World. Sketches of Parisian Life. Preface by Léo Larguier. L’Édition, 1922. Italian-style quarto, cover laminated onto stiff cardboard. [30 ff], illustrations in the text. First edition. Specialising in caricature, which he sold to newspapers such as *Le Rire* and *Fantasio*, La Vie parisienne, Charles Emile Egli, known as Carlègle (1877–1937), found ample material for amusement in observing Parisian women, frivolous and scantily clad, whom he sketched in this volume, for which he produced both the drawings and the captions. He even found an unbeatable solution – still relevant today? – to alleviate the crisis in the book trade.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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Auction time 10/05/2026 at 2:00 PM
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