FOUJITA (Léonard) - LOTI (Pierre).
Madame Chrysanthemum.
Paris : Excelsior, 1926. - In-4, 249 x 215 : frontispiece, (4 ff.), 210 pp, (7 ff. last blank), 15 plates, printed cover. Flesh-colored morocco, first cover decorated with a mosaic of different morocco, representing two lanterns and the openwork shape of a face haloed by a radiant umbrella, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover preserved, case (L. Strid).
Edition of 500 copies, illustrated with 60 color compositions by Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968), of which 44 are pasted in the text, except the last one which is full page, and 16 off-text including the frontispiece. There are also several black ornaments in the text.
One of 425 copies on Arches.
A good copy bound by the Swedish bookbinder Lars Strid.
Spine slightly darkened.
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Lot no. 237

FOUJITA (Léonard) - LOTI (Pierre). Madame Chrysanthemum. Paris : Excelsior, 1926. - In-4, 249 x 215 : frontispiece, (4 ff.), 210 pp, (7 ff. last blank), 15 plates, printed cover. Flesh-colored morocco, first cover decorated with a mosaic of different morocco, representing two lanterns and the openwork shape of a face haloed by a radiant umbrella, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover preserved, case (L. Strid). Edition of 500 copies, illustrated with 60 color compositions by Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968), of which 44 are pasted in the text, except the last one which is full page, and 16 off-text including the frontispiece. There are also several black ornaments in the text. One of 425 copies on Arches. A good copy bound by the Swedish bookbinder Lars Strid. Spine slightly darkened.

Estimate
€400 - €500
Result
€437
Buyer's premium
25%
FOUJITA (Léonard) - LOTI (Pierre). Madame Chrysanthemum. Paris : Excelsior, 1926. - In-4, 249 x 215 : frontispiece, (4 ff.), 210 pp, (7 ff. last blank), 15 plates, printed cover. Flesh-colored morocco, first cover decorated with a mosaic of different morocco, representing two lanterns and the openwork shape of a face haloed by a radiant umbrella, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover preserved, case (L. Strid). Edition of 500 copies, illustrated with 60 color compositions by Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968), of which 44 are pasted in the text, except the last one which is full page, and 16 off-text including the frontispiece. There are also several black ornaments in the text. One of 425 copies on Arches. A good copy bound by the Swedish bookbinder Lars Strid. Spine slightly darkened.
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