LOT 413

COPPÉE (François). MALATESTA.

*Le Passant*, a one-act comedy in verse.

Paris, F. Ferroud, 1920.

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*Le Passant*, a one-act comedy in verse.

Paris, F. Ferroud, 1920.

Square 12mo, 45 pp. Modern red morocco, spine with four raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised rais gilt fillet on the headbands and footbands, endpapers edged in red morocco decorated with a triple fillet and small iron studs at the corners, all gilt, red satin linings and endpapers, second endpaper of marbled paper, gilt edges on half-edges, cover and spine preserved [Conil-Septier] (spine very slightly tarnished, very slight rubbing on the raised bands).

Marquis A. de Marchena with his engraved coat-of-arms bookplate, 19th century.

A beautifully produced edition, the text of which has been calligraphied, illuminated and decorated with historical scenes by the painter and poet Henri Malteste, known as Malatesta (1869–1920). It is illustrated with 13 engravings by Malatesta, coloured using a stencil, including 2 vignettes on the cover, a title vignette, a frontispiece, 3 plates, 3 headpieces and 3 tailpieces. A fine copy in a lovely binding by Conil-Septier. Printed in an edition of 1,525 copies: one of the 30 special copies on Japanese paper (no. 3), containing an original watercolour signed by Malatesta with his monogram, and four states of the illustrations: the final state, a black state, a blue state, and a colour state with notes.