WILLETTE (Adolphe). Selected works, containing... - Lot 401 - Ferri & Associés

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WILLETTE (Adolphe). Selected works, containing... - Lot 401 - Ferri & Associés
WILLETTE (Adolphe). Selected works, containing 100 drawings chosen from the Courrier Français from 1884 to 1901. Illustrated preface by the author. P., Simonis Empis, 1901. Gr. in-8, garnet maroq., mosaic composition on the back representing a standing cat, in profile, red maroq. lining decorated with a superb mosaic composition with cat's head in the centre, in a circle with Moulin's wings, pencils surmounted by clowns' heads, branches and foliage of chestnut trees in blossom, garnet moire endpapers, gilt tr. on witnesses, double cover. (Ch. Meunier, 1904). ONE OF 20 COPIES PRINTED ON RIVES MANUFACTURING VELIN PAPER, numbered and signed by the artist, reserved for the Society "Les XX". THE MOSAIC DECORATING ENTIRELY THE LINING OF THE PLATES, ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE, IS OF THE MOST TYPICAL OF THIS MASTER BOOKBINDER OF THE "BELLE ÉPOQUE".
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