RÉGNIER (Henri de) - LEPAPE (Georges). The Venetian Initiation. Paris : Société des amis des livres, 1929. - Large in-8, 270 x 192 : frontispiece, (2 blank ff.), 72 pp, (4 ff.), (4 blank ff.), 7 plates, illustrated cover. In leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. Edition of 120 numbered copies on wove paper (n° 108), illustrated with a composition on the cover and 30 watercolours by Georges LEPAPE (1887-1971), engraved on copperplate in colours by Léon Bourgeois, including 7 chapter headings, 8 lettrines, 7 culs-de-lampe and 8 off-texts. Copy enriched with the menu of the meal given on May 7, 1929 at the release of the book, illustrated with a color composition by Lepape, not included in the book. A very well preserved copy.
Estimate
€600 - €800
Result
€750
Buyer's premium
28%
RÉGNIER (Henri de) - LEPAPE (Georges).
The Venetian Initiation.
Paris : Société des amis des livres, 1929. - Large in-8, 270 x 192 : frontispiece, (2 blank ff.), 72 pp, (4 ff.), (4 blank ff.), 7 plates, illustrated cover. In leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase.
Edition of 120 numbered copies on wove paper (n° 108), illustrated with a composition on the cover and 30 watercolours by Georges LEPAPE (1887-1971), engraved on copperplate in colours by Léon Bourgeois, including 7 chapter headings, 8 lettrines, 7 culs-de-lampe and 8 off-texts.
Copy enriched with the menu of the meal given on May 7, 1929 at the release of the book, illustrated with a color composition by Lepape, not included in the book.
A very well preserved copy.
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