HAMBOURG (André) - RÉGNIER (Henri de). Venetian Life. S.l. Rombaldi, [1959]. - In-folio, 380 x 280: 140 pp., (6 ff. 3 last blanks), illustrated cover. Bound with green dyed parchment covers, held by 7 strips of leather sewn with green and black threads, smooth spine with dark green dyed snakeskin, grey suede lining, dark green snakeskin endpapers, spine extension, double endpapers, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, grey morocco slipcover, lined with suede of the same colour (Sün Evrard 1996). Illustrated edition of 48 colour compositions and 79 black vignettes by André HAMBOURG (1909-1999), official painter of the Navy, woodcut by Gérard Angiolini and Gilbert Rougeaux. Edition of 231 copies plus a few copies for employees. One of the first 41 on pearlescent japanese, this one being one of the 36 including an original signed drawing, a silk proof of one of the illustrations, a series of illustrations on pure Dutch thread and the decomposition of one of the engravings. Sent by the artist to the justification, accompanied by an original pencil drawing. The recipient is not mentioned. Superb copy bound by Sün Evrard in 1996.