GAUTHIER, Théophile; BARBIER, George (illustrator).
Le Roman de la Momie.
Compositions de George Barbier, Gravées sur Bois par Gasperini.
Stock Code
102348
Paris, A & G Mornay, Éditeurs, 1929
£5,000
Description
Limited edition, one of 67 copies on Japon, this numbered 37; 8vo (21 x 17.5 cm); 325pp., 36 compositions in colour after Barbier including the printed wrappers, title-page and vignette, printed on wood by Gasperini, with an additional suite of illustrations of the same composition but in a simplified outline design, printed in red, black, grey or purple, pages cut and in various sizes, blue marbled endpapers, minor age toning but otherwise very fresh; bound in contemporary quarter crushed dark blue morocco over marbled boards with the original wrappers bound in, spine in six parts with raised bands and gilt title to second, in excellent condition.
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