MOREL (E.). The Black Faces. Preface by Paul Adam. Drawings - Lot 382

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MOREL (E.). The Black Faces. Preface by Paul Adam. Drawings - Lot 382
MOREL (E.). The Black Faces. Preface by Paul Adam. Drawings by Steinlen. P., Sansot, 1907. In-4, black morocco, spine with 5 nerves with cold thread framing, lining and endpapers in red morocco, tr. gilt on witnesses, illustrated cover and spine on board, case (Alix). ONE OF 23 COPIES ON VELIN D'ARCHES for the Society "Les XX", signed by the author and the artist. ONE OF A KIND (NO. 1) CONTAINING ALL THE ORIGINAL STEINLEN DRAWINGS reproduced in the book in the book, i.e. 40 compositions, plus 8 unused original drawings, almost all of them signed, monogrammed or annotated (those published have been reproduced very small and these reproductions cannot give the idea of what the originals are). The work also contains 15 original lithographs, here in 4 states (different papers or tones), the folded lithographed interior poster announcing the publication of the work. ONE OF THE VERY BEAUTIFUL BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY STEINLEN and the most important illustrated work on the subject, this documentary novel providing the artist, who had so loved his friend Zola's "Germinal", with the opportunity of a real report on the mine and the life of the miners. From the Léon Comar (1st sale, Dec. 1951, No102) and Sicklès (1st sale, Nov. 1962, No251). Since bound in.
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