Lot no. 89
LOUŸS Pierre (1870-1925). Les Trois Roses de Marie-Anne. Paris, Ferroud, 1909; in-8, brick morocco, three large roses in colour mosaicked on the upper cover, ribbed spine, interior gilt fillets and dotted lines with mosaicked roses, gilt head, cover, slipcase (E. Driancourt). Illustrated edition by Léon Lebègue: frontispiece, header, cul-de-lampe and title vignette in etching and 6 large hand-coloured decorated lettrines. One of 30 copies on Japon with a separate suite of engravings (and not two as stated in the justification). Bound at the head and end are 10 pen-and-ink sketches by Lebègue on fine paper in preparation for the book. The talented bookbinder Driancourt is not mentioned by Fléty.
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