Lot no. 115
[WILDE (Oscar) Drama in one act Paris, Société des Amis du Livre moderne, 1930. Salomé. In-4 (28 × 21.5 cm), leaves, in publisher's full printed cover, folder and slipcase. Edition decorated with 26 figures by Manuel Orazi, wood-engraved in colour by Pierre Bouchet, including a full-page frontispiece and a cul-de-lampe. Limited edition of 149 numbered copies, this being one of 125 copies reserved for members (no. 27 printed for Louis-Roger Baudouin). This copy includes a colour suite on Japanese paper of the illustrations, including the one for the menu (no. 18/21) and the illustrated menu for the dinner given for the Société des Amis du Livre Moderne (25 March 1931). A very fine copy with a colour suite on Japon paper. Slipcase and jacket slightly rubbed on spine and jaws, otherwise a perfect copy. Bibliography: Carteret, Illustrés, IV, p. 409 Provenance: Louis-Roger Baudouin (subscriber).
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02/11/2025
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