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four old books are lined up in a row on a white surfacean open book with a drawing of a tree on itan open book with a black and white drawing of a woman sitting on a benchan open book with the title of a poem written by maurice heinethe front cover of a book with a picture of a bird on itan open book with a picture of a princess on itan old book with a picture of a man and a woman on it
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204 - [BOOKBOUNDING by Geneviève de LEOTARD.
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[BOOKBOUNDING by Geneviève de LEOTARD. UCAD]. LOT of 6 modern bookbindings, including 2 signed by Geneviève de LEOTARD and others attributable to LEOTARD A few minor scuff marks but otherwise good copies. - BARBIER. DE BRIMONT. *Mirages*. Paris: Emile-Paul Frères, 1919. In-12, cream morocco of the period, plain spine with decoration, black title label, bouquet in a mosaic vase on the upper cover, inner covers framed by a gilt fillet with gilt fleur-de-lis on black morocco with mosaic at the corners, original dust jacket preserved, in a marbled slipcase (spine faded). Copy no. 493, one of 500 copies printed on Voiron-style paper. - HEINE, Maurice. *La Mort posthume* (*Excavations at Antinoë*), 1917. Square 8vo, lemon-coloured morocco with four false raised bands, blue author’s and title labels, blue-pink mosaic within a medallion of three gilt fillets (spine and covers faded, top cap torn off, leather worn at the edges and lower covers) Copy no. 134, one of 150 printed on Holland paper. - BONFILS. VERLAINE, Paul. *Fêtes galantes*. Paris, Librairie Albert Messein, 1915. In-8, 104 pp., contemporary lilac morocco, spine with 5 raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised r gilded fillets on the edges and framing the cut-outs, emerald silk endpapers, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, in a domino-patterned paper slipcase (spine faded). Illustrations printed in blue and enhanced with watercolour. Copy no. 363 (one of 500 on ‘à la Forme’ vellum). - DULAC, Edmond. Princess Badourah, a tale from the Thousand and One Nights. Paris, L’Edition d’Art H. Piazza, 1914. In-4, 114-(3) pp., 10 plates, sea-green morocco, two triple raised bands, gilt title, mosaic vase in the centre of the upper cover, a set of half-circles and gilt dots bordering the raised bands and the covers, double framing of a double gilt fillet with pieces of mosaic-patterned pink morocco at the corners, double endpapers of marbled paper, gilt head, original cover preserved [G. de Léotard] (spine faded). - DULAC, Edmond. Sinbad the Sailor and Other Tales from the Thousand and One Nights. Paris, H. Piazza, L’Edition d’Art, 1919. In-4, contemporary mustard-coloured morocco, spine with two triple raised bands, gilt title, mosaic wheat stalks on the upper cover, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved (spine faded, small areas of leather wear on the raised bands and upper corner) -BRUNELLESCHI. MUSSET, Alfred de. A Venetian Night, Fantasio, The Caprices of Marianne. Paris, L’Edition d’Art H. Piazza, 1913. In-4, period lilac morocco, spine with 5 raised bands, panels decorated with mosaic bouquets, gilt title, mosaic floral panel on the upper cover, gilt fillet on the edges, framing with mosaic fleurons at the corners on the endpapers, gilt head (spine faded, minor rubbing and scuffing). Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller with a passion for bookbinding, a flautist and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, moved in both Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the Decorative Arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and Academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were mainly staged in the Paris region.
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