COLETTE Sidonie-Gabrielle. Mitsou. 26 eaux-fortes et pointes sèches de Edgar Chahine.
Paris, Devambez, 1930.
“One of the artist’s finest books” (Carteret).
EXCEPTIONAL copy, one of 20 reserved for the artiston various papers – here on Japan paper, with the suite with remarques of the etchings on Japan paper. In like-new condition, featuring two exquisite silk engravings inset into the boards.
In-4 (298 x 235 mm): [6] ff., 125 pp., [5] ff. Illustrated covers and spine preserved. Full plum morocco, boards adorned with alternating strips of brown morocco mosaic on a gilt paper background, title label on the spine, gilt edges on witnesses, lined with plum morocco featuring an engraved silk inset on each board, plum satin endpapers, slipcase (A. Poulduian).
