Lot 224

Lanoë (Charles, binder) .- Carco (Francis) Quelques-une, one of 120 copies, bound for Henri Vever by Lanoe to design by Jules Chadel, Paris, 1931

Hammer Price: £3,800

Description

Lanoë (Charles, binder) .- Carco (Francis) Quelques-une, number 22 of 120 copies on Arches, etched plates and illustrations by Louis Legrand, this copy bound for Henri Vever with an original drawing, an additional suite of plates, prospectus and one of the original copper plates inset into front inside cover, with Autograph Letter signed from Legrand to Vever loosely inserted, occasional light foxing to main text, bound in splendid russet brown goatskin tooled in gilt, by Charles Lanoë to a design by Jules Chadel, covers tooled with all-over design of large circles outlined in small gilt dots around a small ornament in gilt & blind, the intervening spaces filled with small inlaid black goatskin shapes tooled in gilt within frames in blind, rows of gilt dots and gilt and blind fillets running across top and bottom of boards, spine with title and ornaments in gilt and ruled in blind, rear doublure tan calf, borders with similar decoration, "Ex Libris Henri Vever" to foot of front turn-in, signed by Chadel and Lanoë at rear, original wrappers bound in, g.e., preserved in half russet brown goatskin chemise (spine slightly faded) and board slip-case (a little rubbed), 4to (binding c.290 x 235mm.), Paris, 1931.

⁂ Superb binding by Charles Lanoë (1881-1959), who worked for both Charles Meunier and Petrus Raban.

Description

Lanoë (Charles, binder) .- Carco (Francis) Quelques-une, number 22 of 120 copies on Arches, etched plates and illustrations by Louis Legrand, this copy bound for Henri Vever with an original drawing, an additional suite of plates, prospectus and one of the original copper plates inset into front inside cover, with Autograph Letter signed from Legrand to Vever loosely inserted, occasional light foxing to main text, bound in splendid russet brown goatskin tooled in gilt, by Charles Lanoë to a design by Jules Chadel, covers tooled with all-over design of large circles outlined in small gilt dots around a small ornament in gilt & blind, the intervening spaces filled with small inlaid black goatskin shapes tooled in gilt within frames in blind, rows of gilt dots and gilt and blind fillets running across top and bottom of boards, spine with title and ornaments in gilt and ruled in blind, rear doublure tan calf, borders with similar decoration, "Ex Libris Henri Vever" to foot of front turn-in, signed by Chadel and Lanoë at rear, original wrappers bound in, g.e., preserved in half russet brown goatskin chemise (spine slightly faded) and board slip-case (a little rubbed), 4to (binding c.290 x 235mm.), Paris, 1931.

⁂ Superb binding by Charles Lanoë (1881-1959), who worked for both Charles Meunier and Petrus Raban.

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