La Passion d’Armelle Louanais

Réf. 52813

Vendu

GÉNIAUX (Charles) illustrated by Henry CHEFFER

Paris - Imprimerie Nationale - 1933

Bookbinder : MAROT-RODDE
Format : In-4.
Number of volumes : 1 volume.
Binding : Bound.
Collation : 203 pp.

In lined case and under shirt in bordeaux half marble with overlaps. Full burgundy morocco binding, title at the foot of a mosaic decoration of cream calf and red and gilded fillets in the shape of stained glass inlaid in the centre of the first dish. Smooth and silent back. All gold edges on witnesses. Beige calf plywood and guards decorated with a red morocco mosaic tile decoration. Cover and back kept. Binding signed MAROT-RODDE. Illustrated with coloured wood by Henry CHEFFER; coloured letters, headbands and lamp ends.

LIMITED EDITED to 220 copies, this one of 55 numbered copies on JAPAN containing one of the 20 additional sequences of first state illustrations on Pearlescent Japan.
ENRICHED EXAMPLE OF AN ORIGINAL ORIGINAL SIGNED AQUARELLED DESIGN by Henry CHEFFER (not used for illustration).

From the W. Vincens-Bouguereau library, with ex-libris at the foot of the first counterplate.

Born in Rennes in 1870, Charles Géniaux has devoted many novels to his native land: "La passion d'Armelle Louanais" takes place in Guerno, in Morbihan. He also had a passion for the East and wrote several books inspired by his stays in North Africa.

Perfect condition.