a close up of a black and white book on a tablean open book with a black and white image of a buildingan image of a drawing of a man and a woman in a rooman image of a painting of a man and a woman standing in front of a treean image of a drawing of a man sitting at a table in a rooma drawing of a man in a black coat and hatan open book with a picture of a man and a woman on it
Maître Paul PASTAUD

1385 - HOIR (Maurice) & BÉRAUD (Henri). Lazare. Paris, Published on…
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Estimate €200 - €300
Description
HOIR (Maurice) & BÉRAUD (Henri). Lazare. Paris, Published on behalf of the authors, 1926. In-4, black coarse-grained half-maroquin with a band, smooth spine, author’s name and title in gold lettering, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. 15 original colour woodcuts, frontispiece and end-paper engravings by M. L’Hoir. Printed in a run of 260 copies; no. 2 of the 5 first-edition copies on Imperial Japan paper, containing a four-part set of woodcuts (including one in the first state on China paper and two hand-coloured states), a rejected plate (here in two states), a handwritten page by the author (here missing), an original drawing by the artist (here with two fine ORIGINAL DRAWINGS) and enriched with an additional set of all the woodcuts in black, a proof on copper, a rejected proof for a chapter heading, and the prospectus and subscription form. A very fine copy.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 3 of 4 – Nos. 1085 to 1642
Auction location
Auction time 08/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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