two books sitting on top of each other next to each otherthree open books with illustrations of women and flowers on them
Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes

498 - A set of three modern illustrated books.
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Estimate €80 - €120
Description
A set of three modern illustrated books. 1/ - Derennes, Charles – Lemarié, Henry. – *La Vie et la mort de M. de Tounèves*. Paris, M. Lubineau, 1961. In-8, bound in full black calfskin, the covers decorated with a gilt fillet frame set with a floral motif, plain spine with gilt title running lengthwise, inner covers in green calfskin, covers and spine preserved, shaped slipcase, edged (bound by C. de Peyron) – 93 pp., [1 fol., colophon and colophon]. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 25 colour plates by Lemarié (6 full-colour and 19 half-colour). Printed in a run of 775 copies, all on pure-fibre Rives vellum; this is one of the 625 (no. 662). 2/ - France, Anatole – Mossa, G.-A. – The Seven Wives of Bluebeard and Other Wonderful Tales. Paris, A. and F. Ferroud, 1921. In-8, bound in half-box, ribbed spine, gilt lettering, covers and spine preserved – [2 ff., frontispiece, title page], 244 pp., [1 f. completed]. Illustrated with 2 frontispieces, a title vignette, 4 hand-coloured plates, 32 headpieces, 32 ornate initials and 32 tailpieces in colour by Mossa. Printed in a run of 1,225 copies; this one is one of 1,000 printed on fine Arches vellum. 3/ - Garcia Lorca, Federico - Grau-Sala. - *Romancero gitan*. Paris, M. Lubineau, 1960. In-4 in loose sheets with a filled cover, a titled slipcase and the publisher’s case (case stained – 139 pp., [1 folio completed]. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 double-page colour plates by Grau-Sala. A print run of 375 copies on Rives vellum, this being one of 275 (no. 105).
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Auction time 10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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