Lot 157
Tijtgat (Edgard) Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, one of 40 copies from a total edition of 50, Cyril Beaumont, 1918.
Hammer Price: £1,900
Description
Tijtgat (Edgard) Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, one of 40 copies from a total edition of 50, woodcut plates in two states, one printed in bistre, the other in colour on papier chine and tipped in over the first suite, title printed in red and green, pictorial colophon and text printed in bistre, 2 leaves carelessly opened with tears, some foxing and browning, pictorial endpapers, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, 4to, Cyril Beaumont, 1918.
⁂ A scarce and charming interpretation of Perrault's classic fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood.
Description
Tijtgat (Edgard) Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, one of 40 copies from a total edition of 50, woodcut plates in two states, one printed in bistre, the other in colour on papier chine and tipped in over the first suite, title printed in red and green, pictorial colophon and text printed in bistre, 2 leaves carelessly opened with tears, some foxing and browning, pictorial endpapers, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, 4to, Cyril Beaumont, 1918.
⁂ A scarce and charming interpretation of Perrault's classic fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood.
