VOLTAIRE VAN DONGEN (K.). La Princesse de Babylone. Paris, S - Lot 192

VOLTAIRE VAN DONGEN (K.). La Princesse de Babylone. Paris, Scripta et Picta, 194. in-4, black box, first plate decorated with a large bird in gilt thread with extended egrets on the second plate on a silver-spotted background, double. and purple suede endpapers, gilt tr. on witnesses, illustrated cover and spine cons. (Cretté). EDITION OF 198 COPIES. One of 186 copies printed on Lana vellum. Text based on the original edition published in Geneva by Cramer in 1768. 48 original color lithographs by Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968), printed by Mourlot Frères. VERY BEAUTIFUL CRETTE BINDING, RECOVERED WITH ELEGANT DECOR, one of the most successful executed by this master bookbinder. Dimensions: 338 x 241 m m. Juffermans, Kees Van Dongen. The Graphic Work, pp. 147-153, JB12.