DIGNIMONT (André) - LORRAIN (Jean). - Lot 234

DIGNIMONT (André) - LORRAIN (Jean). La Maison Philibert. Paris: G. Crès & Cie, 1925. - In-8, 244x185: frontispiece, (2 ff.), 253 pp. 11 plates, printed cover. Jansenist salmon morocco, spine ribbed, framed in salmon morocco inside, decorated with gilt fillets, beige moiré silk lining edged with dark green morocco listel, beige moiré silk endpapers, double endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case (A. R. Pourrieux). Edition illustrated with 88 color compositions by André DIGNIMONT (1891-1965), including 12 hors texte. Edition of 365 copies; this is one of 45 on Madagascar, the second paper after 5 copies on japon impérial. It has been enriched with two original, unsigned watercolors by the artist, used to illustrate pages 6 and 187, a black suite on Madagascar of all the illustrations, and a suite of 5 free plates in color. A fine copy bound by Pourrieux, who practiced in Bagneux from 1945 to 1956 and worked for André Gide, among others. Spine slightly faded.