THE FOUNTAIN. Some Fables, illustrated with... - Lot 368 - Ferri & Associés

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THE FOUNTAIN. Some Fables, illustrated with... - Lot 368 - Ferri & Associés
THE FOUNTAIN. Some Fables, illustrated with original woodcuts by Jules Chadel. Preface by Albert Thibaudet. P., Les Cent bibliophiles, 1927. Gr. in-4, ivory morocco, wide border of maroq. with 6 gilt threads, two important compositions by Chadel, in wash and watercolour, on silk, placed as lining, silk endpapers, double endpapers, gilt tr. on witnesses, cover and spine cons. case (Ed. Klein). Very fine edition, printed at 121 copies, all on Japon, numbered. Superb copy, enriched with the following items: I) An autogr. letter on thin Japon, decorated with original drawings, signed by Chadel, relating to the two important compositions intended to serve as endpapers for this copy. II) Four menus, three of which are illustrated with original woodcuts, the first one with the list of suites and drawings sold at the end of the dinner, the second one accompanied by a letter from the artist illustrated with the same woodcut. III) Six very beautiful and important original drawings (one with a sketch on the verso, two enhanced with watercolour or gouache), studies for the fables: Les Femmes et le Secret and Le laboureur et ses enfants, of which the final watercolours are used as inner lining for the binding. AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY. From the Marcel Pognon library.
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