(LEPAPE GEORGES) Maeterlinck Maurice Décors et Costumes pour

Sale 2358 - Lot 174

Price Realized: $ 4,250

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

(LEPAPE, GEORGES.) Maeterlinck, Maurice. Décors et Costumes pour l'Oiseau Bleu. 61 pochoir plates by Lepape, colored by Jean Saudé. Preface by Gerard d'Houville. 8vo, rebound in gilt-stamped full teal morocco gilt with silk endleaves, by J. Faki, spine slightly but evenly faded; original wrappers bound in; 1/4 teal morocco chemise (spine yellowed) and slipcase, worn; internally fine and bright; bookplate of Georgette Brun on blank opposite title-page. Paris: Societé d'Édition "Le Livre," 1927

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

unique hors commerce copy on arches, with an additional hors texte suite in gouache of the 14 illustrations from l'oiseau bleu (the first volume, published in 1925). The colophon states that the hors commerce copies were printed on Japon, not Arches, and none contained the additional suite. From a total edition of 230.