?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(CHIMOT, ÉDOUARD.) Louÿs, Pierre. Les Chansons de Bilitis. 12 aquatints by Chimot with three additional suites in different states, one with coloring, another with remarques, a third with refused plates, an original drawing, and an additional etching in 4 states. Folio, contents loose as issued in original printed wrappers; laid into burgundy board chemise and slipcase. Paris: Édition Devambez, 1925
number 26 of only 12 copies with the additional suites and an original drawing. in addition, this copy is warmly inscribed and signed to leo fischhof and includes 3 original drawings and 3 quartets of additional proofs, one of which is annotated by Chimot, laid into a paper folder containing their descriptions in the artist's hand. Monod 7383; Carteret IV 251: "Belle édition recherchée . . . une des meilleurs illustrations de l'artiste."
