SHAKESPEARE. - Lot 287

SHAKESPEARE. La Sauvage apprivoisée. Translation by François-Victor Hugo. S. l. [Paris], Les Francs-Bibliophiles, 1957. In-folio, dark green morocco, cold-stamped fillets and large mosaic geometric decoration on boards, mosaic box title on first board, smooth spine with same decoration, gilt edges, gray box lining and endpapers, color illustrated cover, slipcase and chemise (P. L. Martin - 1959). Color lithographs, some full-page, by Paul AÏZPIRI. Edition of 150 copies on pur chiffon de lana, this one (no. 11), printed for M. Henri Besson, containing one of the ten suites on japon and a second state of the cover. EXEMPLAIRE ENRICHED WITH THE ORIGINAL AQUARELLED AND SIGNED DRAWING of the illustration on page 79. ATTACHED: the illustrated color menu for the dinner on June 20, 1957, with a letter from the artist. Spine of folder faded; slight tears. VERY GOOD EXAMPLE in a MOSAIC BINDING by Pierre-Lucien MARTIN .