CAIN (Julien). - Lot 243

CAIN (Julien). La Seine du Point-du-Jour a Bercy. S. l. Imprimé aux dépens de deux Amateurs, 1927. 3 volumes, one in-4° and 2 in-folio (for the suites), jansenist green morocco, double broad-ribbed spine, silvered edges, painted moire covers and endpapers, cover preserved, and (for one of the suite volumes) large personalized mosaic decoration on the first cover, embroidered silk endpapers, slipcases (Creuzevault). FIRST EDITION. 44 etchings by Charles JOUAS, including a frontispiece. Issued in an edition of 130 numbered copies on Rives vellum and a few hors commerce, this one, hors commerce, nominative, printed for Charles Jouas. From the Gradis library, with bookplate. UNIQUE EXEMPLAIRE by Charles JOUAS, BINDED BY CREUZEVAULT, with a LARGE ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWING SIGNED by Charles JOUAS ("La Seine en amont de Notre- Dame", not used for the illustration). See reproduction