MARTY (André-Édouard) - DAUDET (Alphonse). - Lot 319

MARTY (André-Édouard) - DAUDET (Alphonse). Lettres de mon moulin. Paris : Piazza, [1938]. In-8, dark-blue morocco, mill wings drawn continuously on the boards and spine with gilded fillets, gilded swallows on the boards, ornate ribbed spine, framed in dark-blue morocco inside, decorated with gilded fillets featuring pieces of mill wings at the corners, blue moiré silk lining and endpapers, double endpapers, gilded edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case (Charles Lanoé). Charming edition illustrated with color compositions by André-Édouard MARTY (1882-1974). One of 200 deluxe copies, this being one of the first 40 numbered on japon, containing a color suite and a black suite of illustrations. A superb copy bound by Charles Lanoé, including the artist's autograph signature on the false title. Spine slightly browned. Provenance: Mademoiselle L. Dousse, with bookplate bearing her motto "Dousse est l'amitié" ("Dousse is friendship").