JOU (Louis) - LA BOETIE (Étienne de). Of voluntary servitude or the contr'un. Paris : Jou et Bosviel, [1922]. - In-8, 196 x 145 : (6 ff. first blank), 108 pp. (4 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Garnet jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, grey box lining with gilt fillet, same box endpapers, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, slipcase lined (Alix). Second book of the Jou et Bosviel collection, printed at 345 copies. It is illustrated on each page with woodcut compositions by Louis Jou; there are more than 200 of them. The title is printed on two pages on a yellow background. "It's an essay of free illustration & a humble research towards the return of the graphic language" (justification). ONE OF THE 10 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPON, second paper after 5 copies on chine, in Alix's triplicate binding. A perfectly preserved copy.
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€1,000 - €1,500
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€2,250
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JOU (Louis) - LA BOETIE (Étienne de).
Of voluntary servitude or the contr'un.
Paris : Jou et Bosviel, [1922]. - In-8, 196 x 145 : (6 ff. first blank), 108 pp. (4 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Garnet jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, grey box lining with gilt fillet, same box endpapers, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, slipcase lined (Alix).
Second book of the Jou et Bosviel collection, printed at 345 copies. It is illustrated on each page with woodcut compositions by Louis Jou; there are more than 200 of them. The title is printed on two pages on a yellow background.
"It's an essay of free illustration & a humble research towards the return of the graphic language" (justification).
ONE OF THE 10 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPON, second paper after 5 copies on chine, in Alix's triplicate binding.
A perfectly preserved copy.
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