*LEGRAND (Edy) - BOSCO (Henri).
The Trestoulas preceded by the snake.
Marseille : aux dépens de la Société des bibliophiles de Provence, 1937. - In-4, 280 x 220 : (4 ff. first blank), 202 pp. (2 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Dark brown morocco, boards decorated with a trellis made of large raised bands of the same morocco, spine with large nerves which are the continuity of the horizontal bands of the boards, large framing of dark brown morocco inside, brown moiré silk linings, bordered with bands of beige and green morocco, brown silk endpapers, double wood paper endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Y.M.O.)
Beautiful edition printed at 150 copies on Rives vellum paper, illustrated with 26 original lithographs in black by Edy LEGRAND (1892-1970), including one on the cover and 25 on full page.
Copy specially printed for Henry Reynaud, bearing this double dispatch on the first blank page :
It is for his greatest good // that I have gone to so much trouble! // Edy Legrand // April 23, 37To
Mr. Henry Reynaud // I had done so little before // that you allow my friend // Edy to do so much! // Now the work is there. Henri Bosco // Marseille, July 11, 1937Precious
copy, very well bound and abundantly filled
.
It has been enriched with the following items:
- a unique proof of the final print of the large lithograph on the cover, signed by the artist and dedicated to Henry Reynaud,
- 3 original gouaches signed by Edy Legrand,
- 3 beautiful and long L.A.S


.


from the artist on the book, 6 pages in-4, certainly addressed to Reynaud,
- 4 beautiful original drawings by Legrand in India ink and watercolor, with white highlights, 2 of which are signed, having served as studies for the illustration of the book,
- one of the 10 suites on japon of the 25 lithographs of the book, of which 5 proofs bear an autograph caption signed by Henri Bosco,
- one of the 5 suites on chine (and not 50 as erroneously indicated at the justification) of the 25 lithographs of the book


.



Spine faded. The slipcase has been covered with an enlarged reproduction of the test print of the cover.
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*LEGRAND (Edy) - BOSCO (Henri). The Trestoulas preceded by the snake. Marseille : aux dépens de la Société des bibliophiles de Provence, 1937. - In-4, 280 x 220 : (4 ff. first blank), 202 pp. (2 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Dark brown morocco, boards decorated with a trellis made of large raised bands of the same morocco, spine with large nerves which are the continuity of the horizontal bands of the boards, large framing of dark brown morocco inside, brown moiré silk linings, bordered with bands of beige and green morocco, brown silk endpapers, double wood paper endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Y.M.O.) Beautiful edition printed at 150 copies on Rives vellum paper, illustrated with 26 original lithographs in black by Edy LEGRAND (1892-1970), including one on the cover and 25 on full page. Copy specially printed for Henry Reynaud, bearing this double dispatch on the first blank page : It is for his greatest good // that I have gone to so much trouble! // Edy Legrand // April 23, 37To Mr. Henry Reynaud // I had done so little before // that you allow my friend // Edy to do so much! // Now the work is there. Henri Bosco // Marseille, July 11, 1937Precious copy, very well bound and abundantly filled . It has been enriched with the following items: - a unique proof of the final print of the large lithograph on the cover, signed by the artist and dedicated to Henry Reynaud, - 3 original gouaches signed by Edy Legrand, - 3 beautiful and long L.A.S . from the artist on the book, 6 pages in-4, certainly addressed to Reynaud, - 4 beautiful original drawings by Legrand in India ink and watercolor, with white highlights, 2 of which are signed, having served as studies for the illustration of the book, - one of the 10 suites on japon of the 25 lithographs of the book, of which 5 proofs bear an autograph caption signed by Henri Bosco, - one of the 5 suites on chine (and not 50 as erroneously indicated at the justification) of the 25 lithographs of the book . Spine faded. The slipcase has been covered with an enlarged reproduction of the test print of the cover.

Estimate
€800 - €1,000
Result
€937
Buyer's premium
25%
*LEGRAND (Edy) - BOSCO (Henri). The Trestoulas preceded by the snake. Marseille : aux dépens de la Société des bibliophiles de Provence, 1937. - In-4, 280 x 220 : (4 ff. first blank), 202 pp. (2 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Dark brown morocco, boards decorated with a trellis made of large raised bands of the same morocco, spine with large nerves which are the continuity of the horizontal bands of the boards, large framing of dark brown morocco inside, brown moiré silk linings, bordered with bands of beige and green morocco, brown silk endpapers, double wood paper endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Y.M.O.) Beautiful edition printed at 150 copies on Rives vellum paper, illustrated with 26 original lithographs in black by Edy LEGRAND (1892-1970), including one on the cover and 25 on full page. Copy specially printed for Henry Reynaud, bearing this double dispatch on the first blank page : It is for his greatest good // that I have gone to so much trouble! // Edy Legrand // April 23, 37To Mr. Henry Reynaud // I had done so little before // that you allow my friend // Edy to do so much! // Now the work is there. Henri Bosco // Marseille, July 11, 1937Precious copy, very well bound and abundantly filled . It has been enriched with the following items: - a unique proof of the final print of the large lithograph on the cover, signed by the artist and dedicated to Henry Reynaud, - 3 original gouaches signed by Edy Legrand, - 3 beautiful and long L.A.S . from the artist on the book, 6 pages in-4, certainly addressed to Reynaud, - 4 beautiful original drawings by Legrand in India ink and watercolor, with white highlights, 2 of which are signed, having served as studies for the illustration of the book, - one of the 10 suites on japon of the 25 lithographs of the book, of which 5 proofs bear an autograph caption signed by Henri Bosco, - one of the 5 suites on chine (and not 50 as erroneously indicated at the justification) of the 25 lithographs of the book . Spine faded. The slipcase has been covered with an enlarged reproduction of the test print of the cover.
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