FOUJITA (Léonard) - LOTI (Pierre).
The Third Youth of Mrs. Prune.
Paris : Éditions d'art Devambez, 1926. - In-4, 284 x 229 : frontispiece, (5 ff. 2 first blanks), 175 pp. (3 ff. 2 last blanks), 10 plates, printed cover. Half black morocco, cloth boards decorated with japanese motifs, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, case (L. Strid).
First illustrated edition, decorated with 17 original etchings in colors, engraved by Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968), one of which is in the frontispiece and 10 hors texte.
Edition at 457 copies, this one being one of 325 on Arches vellum, very well bound by the Swedish bookbinder Lars Strid. 
Some foxing.
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Lot no. 238

FOUJITA (Léonard) - LOTI (Pierre). The Third Youth of Mrs. Prune. Paris : Éditions d'art Devambez, 1926. - In-4, 284 x 229 : frontispiece, (5 ff. 2 first blanks), 175 pp. (3 ff. 2 last blanks), 10 plates, printed cover. Half black morocco, cloth boards decorated with japanese motifs, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, case (L. Strid). First illustrated edition, decorated with 17 original etchings in colors, engraved by Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968), one of which is in the frontispiece and 10 hors texte. Edition at 457 copies, this one being one of 325 on Arches vellum, very well bound by the Swedish bookbinder Lars Strid. Some foxing.

Estimate
€400 - €500
Result
€500
Buyer's premium
25%
FOUJITA (Léonard) - LOTI (Pierre). The Third Youth of Mrs. Prune. Paris : Éditions d'art Devambez, 1926. - In-4, 284 x 229 : frontispiece, (5 ff. 2 first blanks), 175 pp. (3 ff. 2 last blanks), 10 plates, printed cover. Half black morocco, cloth boards decorated with japanese motifs, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, case (L. Strid). First illustrated edition, decorated with 17 original etchings in colors, engraved by Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968), one of which is in the frontispiece and 10 hors texte. Edition at 457 copies, this one being one of 325 on Arches vellum, very well bound by the Swedish bookbinder Lars Strid. Some foxing.
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