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CHADEL. GUÉRIN (Maurice de) Le centaure et la bacchante. Poèmes en prose..

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CHADEL. GUÉRIN (Maurice de) Le centaure et la bacchante. Poems in prose...
Paris, Le Livre contemporain (Impr. Marthe Fequet), 1931.
In-4, fawn calf, smooth spine, gilt names and title, boards decorated with a geometric composition of black dotted lines and gilt fillets, the latter extended on the spine, calf-edged spine flaps decorated with black corner dotted lines and a gilt fillet, patterned havana and printed velvet paper double endpapers, a print of a plate on gilt satin inserted on the upper spine flap, embossed cover and spine, gilt edges on witnesses, matching lined folder and slipcase [G. Cretté].
Edition illustrated with 49 colored woodcuts after compositions by the painter Jules Chadel (1870-1941), engraved by himself and with the assistance of Germaine de Coster and Savinienne Tourrette, and hand-pulled by Yoshijito Urushibara.
"One of Jules Chadel's best illustrations" (Carteret).
Limited edition of 121 copies on japon paper, this one n°93 nominative for Jacques André. Enriched with 6 original drawings, and 3 test plates, one of which signed by the artist in pencil, the other two including on the verso signed letters from Chadel, addressed to Jacques André and concerning the drawings sent, and a signed test illustrated title for La Bacchante.
Sober, elegant binding by Georges Cretté.
Bookplate of Jacques André, bookseller in Orléans, engraved by Jacques-Emile Laboureur.
(Carteret, Trésor, IV, 194).
Lot 400 72 Livres