Limited Edition Illustrated Books, Two Examples.
Limited Edition Illustrated Books, Two Examples.Including Victor Hugo's Le Pape, illustrated with twenty-one etchings by Jean-Paul Laurens; copy number 1 of 50 printed on Japanese paper, three examples of each illustration in different inks; with an autograph letter signed by Laurens tipped in; bound by Paul Affolter in half parchment and large corners, top edge gilt; with the original paper wraps (including spine) bound in; [together with] Pierre Benoit's L'Atlantide, Paris: Albain Michel, 1922, illustrated by Lobel-Riche Alméry, copy number 169 of 592 printed on velin d'Arches. (2)
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Limited Edition Illustrated Books, Two Examples.Including Victor Hugo's Le Pape, illustrated with twenty-one etchings by Jean-Paul Laurens; copy number 1 of 50 printed on Japanese paper, three examples of each illustration in different inks; with an autograph letter signed by Laurens tipped in; bound by Paul Affolter in half parchment and large corners, top edge gilt; with the original paper wraps (including spine) bound in; [together with] Pierre Benoit's L'Atlantide, Paris: Albain Michel, 1922, illustrated by Lobel-Riche Alméry, copy number 169 of 592 printed on velin d'Arches. (2)