FRANCE Anatole: Thaïs. Les Cent bibliophile Paris, 1924. Edi - Lot 170

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FRANCE Anatole: Thaïs. Les Cent bibliophile Paris, 1924. Edi - Lot 170
FRANCE Anatole: Thaïs. Les Cent bibliophile Paris, 1924. Edition illustrated with a title, frontispiece, 8 hors-texte (including 2 for the cover) and 137 bands, vignettes and initials, all designed and woodcut in color by Louis Jou. The artist also designed the typefaces. Unique edition of 135 copies on laid paper, this one "a copy offered to Mr. Anatole France". Bound in-4, full orange morocco, smooth spine, Chinese-style title in a green lozenge and two green crossbands set with gilt fillets, fine silk endpapers, untrimmed, gilt head, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (M. Schlissinger 1996). One of the most sought-after of Jou's illustrated books, "a capital work" according to Carteret.
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