VERLAINE (Paul). *Fêtes galantes*. Paris: Available from Cre - Lot 152

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VERLAINE (Paul). *Fêtes galantes*. Paris: Available from Cre - Lot 152
VERLAINE (Paul). *Fêtes galantes*. Paris: Available from Creuzevault, n.d. [1942]. Large 8vo, red morocco leather, gilt fillet framing the covers, decorated raised spine, gilt edges on a strip of paper, blue morocco lining decorated with a mosaic floral design, salmon-colored silk endpapers, original illustrated cover preserved, slipcase (Bernasconi & Goix). Color woodcuts by André DIGNIMONT, engraved by Georges Beltrand. Printed in an edition of 450 copies on Rives vellum, plus a few for collaborators; this copy (a collaborator’s copy “reserved for the artist”) is on Rives paper and initialed by the publisher. Copy enhanced with TWO ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS, including one large signed piece, from the complete set of 22 original color sketches—signed and titled on China paper—of all the woodcuts, and TWO ADDITIONAL SETS of illustrations, including one in color. From the libraries of René Sibilat, André Maurois, and Simone André Maurois, with bookplates. BEAUTIFUL COPY IN DOUBLED MOROCCAN LEATHER.
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