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Lot no. 575
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575 - MODERN ILLUSTERS - [FOUQUERAY (Charles)] - LARROUY (Maurice) : THE ODYSSEY OF A TORPEDO TRANSPORT. Approximately 110 original compositions by Charles FOUQUERAY reproduced and printed in colour in-t. and on full page. P. Société des Amis du Livre Moderne, 1923. Edition strictly limited to 150 copies for the members of the Society, under the artistic direction of Charles MEUNIER, of which only 15 were placed on the market. 1/125, N°30, printed for M. Charles GRANSIRE, enriched with 2 ORIGINAL SIGNED AQUARELLES used to illustrate the book (pp 140 and 193), 2 ILLUSTRATED MENU TRIALS, including one before the letter, with the autograph signatures of the author and illustrator, and a COMPLETE FOLLOW-UP OF ALL THE ILLUSTRATIONS PRINT SEPARATELY IN COLOUR BEFORE THE LETTER ON VELIN. 1 vol. in-4, XI-232pp, green morocco (spine faded to fawn), spine with 4 raised bands, author and title gilt, double gilt fillet on edges, moiré cloth lining decorated with bands in 2 shades of violet, with white striated pastilles on a gilt interlaced background, bordered on the spine by morocco with gilt fillets and framing cold fillet, marbled green paper double-guards, covers and spine cons, untrimmed, gilt on witnesses, slipcase of the same green marbled paper, [Ch. MEUNIER], (T.B.E.). A unique copy, in these conditions, of this sought-after work, produced under the artistic direction and bound by Charles MEUNIER, 1865-1948, an important bookbinder and publisher of the Belle Epoque.
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