a picture of a drawing of a bed with a cat on ita drawing of people walking down a path in the woods
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Estimate €400 - €600
Description
Art Deco Perrault, Charles Contes des fées. With 8 colour stencil plates and numerous, partly coloured illustrations in the text by Lucien Laforge. Paris, Éditions de la Sirène, 1920. Large 8°. Original cover bound in slightly later morocco with gold-stamped title on the spine. First edition. – A collection of eight fairy tales by Perrault, including Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood and Puss in Boots, each accompanied by a colour plate and numerous illustrations in the text by the French Art Deco artist Lucien Laforge (1889–1952). The imaginative drawings, featuring flat areas of colour, were coloured ‘au patron’ by the André Marty studio. - Browned due to the nature of the paper. Colours are vibrant. Art Deco – Featuring 8 coloured pochoir plates and numerous partly coloured illustrations in the text by Lucien Laforge. Original wrappers bound in somewhat later half-morocco with gilt-stamped title on the spine. – First edition. - A collection of eight fairy tales by Perrault, including Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood and Puss in Boots, each accompanied by a colour plate and numerous text illustrations by the French Art Deco artist Lucien Laforge (1889–1952). The imaginative drawings were coloured ‘au patron’ by the André Marty studio. - Browning due to the paper. Bright colours.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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