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a brown leather book with gold trimming and a gold borderan open book with a green cover and red flowers on itan open book with a drawing of a woman holding a tray of fruita book with a picture of a woman on it
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Art Deco Samain, Albert Contes. Xanthis. Divine Bontemps. Hyalis. Rovère et Angisèle. With one signed original watercolour, 25 original colour etchings, one rejected plate and three suites. Paris, A l’image des trois colombes, 1926. 4°. Dark brown morocco with gold-stamped title on the spine, fillet binding, polychrome floral inlays on the covers, gilt edges, three-sided edges, polychrome floral endpapers, double endpapers of moiré silk and marbled paper (occasionally faintly scuffed). In a lined morocco slipcase. Signed: Max Fonsèque. One of 10 numbered copies of the special edition on Japanese paper (GA 271). - Monod 10117. Fléty 72. - The watercolour depicts a title page featuring the pretty face of Hyalis, the little blue-eyed faun. Contains the etchings as well as one suite each in red chalk, black and ‘Decomposition’. The suite in black is not mentioned in the colophon. - The bookbinder Max Fonsèque (1891 – c. 1965) studied at the École Estienne before joining Lortic as a young craftsman. He moved to Monaco in 1920 and to Paris in 1925. This work represents one of Sylvain Sauvage’s finest illustrations from the Art Deco period. – Scattered with faint foxing. A highly decorative copy in a masterfully crafted binding. Includes a signed original watercolour, 25 original colour etchings, a discarded plate and three suites. Dark brown morocco with gilt spine title, gilt cover fillets, polychrome floral inlays on the covers, gilt edges, polychrome floral inner boards, double endpapers of moiré silk and marbled paper (isolated, inconspicuous rubbing). In a lined half-morocco slipcase. Signed: Max Fonsèque. - One of 10 numbered copies of the special edition on Japan (total edition: 271). - The watercolour depicts a title page featuring the handsome face of Hyalis, the little blue-eyed faun. Contains the etchings as well as one suite each in red chalk, black and decomposition. The suite in black is not mentioned in the printer’s note. - The bookbinder Max Fonsèque (1891–c. 1965) studied at the École Estienne before joining Lortic as a young craftsman. He moved to Monaco in 1920 and to Paris in 1925. This work is one of Sylvain Sauvage’s most beautiful illustrations from the Art Deco period. - With occasional pale foxing. A very decorative copy in a masterful binding.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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