[Hemard] Quevedo, F. De.

HISTOIRE D'UN GRAND COQUIN NOMME DON PABLO. Tradiuit de l'espagnol par Retif de la Bretonne et d'Hermilly. Binding By Bayard of Lyon.

Paris: La Tradition, 1942.

1st Edition. Signed by Illustrator. LIVRES MODERNES ILLUSTRÉS PAR DES PEINTRES, MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. [Hemard] Quevedo, F. de. HISTOIRE D'UN GRAND COQUIN NOMME DON PABLO. Tradiuit de l'espagnol par Retif de la Bretonne et d'Hermilly. Avec les eaux-forte de Joseph Hemard. Paris: La Tradition, 1942. With 2 original Hemard pen & ink illustrations bound in [one in colour & one in black & white]. One of 645 numbered copies on Vélin de Lana with 24 colour illustrations in the text & an extra suite of black & white illustrations & a suite of colour illustrations bound in as are the original covers. While the book itself is not uncommon, this example is unique & includes one of the original copper printing plates neatly housed in the most elegant leather folder that protect the binding; the whole housed in a marvellous complementary blue marbled paper covered slipcase. The binding by Bayard of Lyon is exquisite; brilliant blue calf for all the elements; the extraordinary Bayard deco design is stamped in gilt in the best spirit & tradition of the best modern bindings of the period; luxurious silk endpapers.{Paul Bonet would be proud]. A very beautiful example in fine condition - the slipcase with minor rubs, content clean & blemish free.

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