LAFORGUE (Jules).
Pierrot fumiste. Engravings by Charles Martin.
Paris : Émile-Paul frères, [1927]. - In-4, 278 x 190 : frontispiece, (28 ff. 2 last blank), printed cover. Paperback, filled cover.

First separate edition of this comedy, illustrated with 6 engraved compositions in colour, including one in the frontispiece and 5 at the head of each chapter, and 5 drawings in red at the bottom of the page, by Charles MARTIN.

Edition at 207 copies; ONE OF THE 7 HEADWORKS ON IMPERIAL JAPON (n° III), enriched with an original drawing signed by the artist and a double suite of the figures in color on Hollande vellum.

The drawing, in book format, enhanced with watercolour, represents a woman in front raising her dress.

Cover soiled and browned on the edges, tears at the top of the spine.
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Lot no. 375

LAFORGUE (Jules). Pierrot fumiste. Engravings by Charles Martin. Paris : Émile-Paul frères, [1927]. - In-4, 278 x 190 : frontispiece, (28 ff. 2 last blank), printed cover. Paperback, filled cover. First separate edition of this comedy, illustrated with 6 engraved compositions in colour, including one in the frontispiece and 5 at the head of each chapter, and 5 drawings in red at the bottom of the page, by Charles MARTIN. Edition at 207 copies; ONE OF THE 7 HEADWORKS ON IMPERIAL JAPON (n° III), enriched with an original drawing signed by the artist and a double suite of the figures in color on Hollande vellum. The drawing, in book format, enhanced with watercolour, represents a woman in front raising her dress. Cover soiled and browned on the edges, tears at the top of the spine.

Estimate
€300 - €400
Result
€687
Buyer's premium
28%
LAFORGUE (Jules). Pierrot fumiste. Engravings by Charles Martin. Paris : Émile-Paul frères, [1927]. - In-4, 278 x 190 : frontispiece, (28 ff. 2 last blank), printed cover. Paperback, filled cover. First separate edition of this comedy, illustrated with 6 engraved compositions in colour, including one in the frontispiece and 5 at the head of each chapter, and 5 drawings in red at the bottom of the page, by Charles MARTIN. Edition at 207 copies; ONE OF THE 7 HEADWORKS ON IMPERIAL JAPON (n° III), enriched with an original drawing signed by the artist and a double suite of the figures in color on Hollande vellum. The drawing, in book format, enhanced with watercolour, represents a woman in front raising her dress. Cover soiled and browned on the edges, tears at the top of the spine.
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