SIMON (Lucien) - LOTI (Pierre). Fisherman of Iceland. Preface by Louis Barthou. Paris: Aux dépens d'un amateur, 1934. - In-4, 306 x 242: (10 ff. first 4 blanks), 224 pp. (8 ff. last 4 blanks), printed cover.Rare edition of only 150 copies on Arches vellum, published by Charles Miguet and produced entirely in Pierre Bouchet's workshops. It is illustrated with 50 color compositions by painter and illustrator Lucien SIMON (1861-1945), wood-engraved by Pierre Bouchet himself. The preface by Louis Barthou is in the original edition. One of 25 contributor and gift copies (no. XX), with an artist's proof on japon of the figure on page 17, justified and signed by Pierre Bouchet. Spine slightly browned, tears at one hinge. No slipcase or chemise. Some very rare foxing.
Estimate
€500 - €700
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€577
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30%
SIMON (Lucien) - LOTI (Pierre).
Fisherman of Iceland. Preface by Louis Barthou.
Paris: Aux dépens d'un amateur, 1934. - In-4, 306 x 242: (10 ff. first 4 blanks), 224 pp. (8 ff. last 4 blanks), printed cover.Rare edition of only 150 copies on Arches vellum, published by Charles Miguet and produced entirely in Pierre Bouchet's workshops.
It is illustrated with 50 color compositions by painter and illustrator Lucien SIMON (1861-1945), wood-engraved by Pierre Bouchet himself. The preface by Louis Barthou is in the original edition.
One of 25 contributor and gift copies (no. XX), with an artist's proof on japon of the figure on page 17, justified and signed by Pierre Bouchet.
Spine slightly browned, tears at one hinge. No slipcase or chemise. Some very rare foxing.
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