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180 - JOU (Louis) & FRANCE (Anatole). La rotisserie de la Reine Pé…
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Estimate €600 - €800
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JOU (Louis) & FRANCE (Anatole). La rotisserie de la Reine Pédauque. A fine copy decorated with woodcuts and with 2 original drawings by Louis Jou. Paris, Mornay, 1920. In-4 (270x210mm), paperback, filled and preserved covers, hardback blue morocco folder, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt title and design, slipcase lined. 313pp. Some rubbing to the slipcase. Copy decorated with woodcuts by Louis Jou (frontispiece, headbands, lettering), printed on large paper with some sections uncut. One of 875 copies on Rives, not numbered. A loose leaf in Japanese paper shows 2 original drawings by Louis Jou, pasted down and signed, done in black ink and corresponding to the vignettes on pp. 21-22 of the book. The novel describes the tribulations of young Jacques Ménétrier, the son of a roaster in the rue Saint-Jacques in the early 18th century. It was originally published by Calmann-Lévy in 1893. Luis Felipe-Vicente Jou i Senabre, known as Louis Jou (1881-1968), was a Spanish painter, engraver and typographer. He was responsible for a large number of books for bibliophiles, handmade in his studio in Les Baux de Provence, where he designed, engraved and printed the woodcuts himself. He was friends with Derain, Picasso and Cocteau, who had his work published in his magazine "Schéhérazade".
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About the sale Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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