DURANDY, Dominique - [LESSIEUX, E.] - [MOSSA, G.-A.] The Bel - Lot 122

Lot 122
Go to lot
Estimation :
300 - 400 EUR
Register for the sale on drouot.com
DURANDY, Dominique - [LESSIEUX, E.] - [MOSSA, G.-A.] The Bel - Lot 122
DURANDY, Dominique - [LESSIEUX, E.] - [MOSSA, G.-A.] The Belt of Venus. Hills and Landscapes of My Country, from the Ancient French Border to the Trophy of Augustus. Paris, EM. J. B. Brocherioux, 1923. 2 vols., in-4. Paperback, illustrated covers, in a half-cloth slipcase, without a box. Sequential volumes in a slipcase with flaps, large oval title label pasted onto the front cover, leather spine rubbed. Preface by Camille Mauclair. The work is illustrated with 17 insert plates by Lessieux and decorative elements by Mossa. Printed in an edition of 525 copies. This is one of the 17 special copies on Holland paper containing four signed original watercolors: one full-page watercolor by Lessieux, with notes, two headpieces, and a footer by Mossa (on one page), a series of 140 plates comprising the complete breakdown of tones used for the faithful reproduction of one of the original inset watercolors, a bister series, and a gray series of the 17 insets.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue