JOUVE (Paul) - LOTI (Peter). A pilgrim from Angkor. Paris: Paul Jouve, François-Louis Schmied, 1930. - In-4, 328 x 275: (6 ff.), 142 pp., (5 ff. last blank), 10 plates, illustrated cover. Black box, first plate decorated with horizontal and vertical gold fillets, surrounding a large rectangle of shagreen inlaid in the centre, framed with white bakelite and ebony rods, smooth back, inside framed with gold fillets, lining and endpapers of grey suede bordered with black box, gold head, untrimmed, cover and back preserved, back folder and black box cover bands , case (M. J. Guian-Milliaud). Illustrated edition of 62 compositions by Paul JOUVE (1878-1973) engraved on wood in colour by François-Louis Schmied who also did the printing. There are 13 letterheads, 13 ornaments, 13 headbands, 11 culs-de-lampe, 10 plates and 2 double-page compositions. Edition of 225 copies on vellum by Lana signed by Schmied and Jouve; one of the 200 numbered in Arabic numerals. Beautiful copy bound by Marie-Josée Guian for her personal account . A few dumps of the engravings.
Estimate
€3,000 - €4,000
Result
€4,000
Buyer's premium
28%
JOUVE (Paul) - LOTI (Peter). A pilgrim from Angkor.
Paris: Paul Jouve, François-Louis Schmied, 1930. - In-4, 328 x 275: (6 ff.), 142 pp., (5 ff. last blank), 10 plates, illustrated cover. Black box, first plate decorated with horizontal and vertical gold fillets, surrounding a large rectangle of shagreen inlaid in the centre, framed with white bakelite and ebony rods, smooth back, inside framed with gold fillets, lining and endpapers of grey suede bordered with black box, gold head, untrimmed, cover and back preserved, back folder and black box cover bands
, case (M. J. Guian-Milliaud).
Illustrated edition of 62 compositions by Paul JOUVE (1878-1973) engraved on wood in colour by François-Louis Schmied who also did the printing. There are 13 letterheads, 13 ornaments, 13 headbands, 11 culs-de-lampe, 10 plates and 2
double-page compositions.
Edition of 225 copies on vellum by Lana signed by Schmied and Jouve; one of the 200 numbered in
Arabic numerals.
Beautiful copy bound by Marie-Josée Guian for her
personal
account
.
A few dumps of the engravings.
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