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202 - Loti (Pierre) – Simon (Lucien) *Fisherman from Iceland*.
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
Loti (Pierre) – Simon (Lucien) *Fisherman from Iceland*. Paris, published at the expense of a collector, 1934. 1 volume, large quarto, bound in full dark brown morocco, with a edged slipcase; ribbed spine with gilt fillets forming geometric frames within the panels; author, title and date gilt. Covers featuring a similar geometric design, with a mosaic of colours in the centre of the covers and gilded ermine motifs. Inside covers edged in dark morocco with gilded fillets framing violet moiré with foliage motifs. Flying endpapers in the same moiré. All edges gilt on endpapers. (Bound by P. Affolter – J. Augoyat sc.). Covers and spine preserved. This book, produced entirely in the workshops of Pierre Bouchet, was printed on special Arches vellum in a run of 150 copies. Copy no. 1 printed for the Duke of Massa. This copy contains two sets of plates on Japanese paper, one in colour, numbered 1/25 and signed by Pierre Bouchet, the second in black. The copy is enhanced by a beautiful signed colour watercolour. ‘To the Duke of Massa, with best regards, Lucien Simon’. A very fine and unique copy, free from foxing.
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Auction time 10/26/2026 at 2:00 PM
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