CORNEILLE (Pierre). Polyeucte Martyr. Christian tragedy. Par - Lot 272

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CORNEILLE (Pierre). Polyeucte Martyr. Christian tragedy. Par - Lot 272
CORNEILLE (Pierre). Polyeucte Martyr. Christian tragedy. Paris, Éditions d'Art Édouard Pelletan, Helleu et Sergent, Éditeurs, 1930. In-4°, ivory vellum, smooth spine adorned with gilt title throughout and painted decoration (that of the cover), gilt head, untrimmed, red moiré silk lining and endpaper, illustrated cover preserved (period binding). A burin-engraved portrait by Georges GORVEL after Michel LASNE & typographical ornaments designed and engraved by Alfred LATOUR. Issued at 145 copies, this one (no. 7), printed for M. Pierre Dumesnil, ONE OF EIGHTEEN HEADERS ON JAPON (after two on old japon). UNIQUE EXEMPLAIRE ENRICHI - de ux états supplémentaires du portrait sur chine ; - d'une suite supplémentaire tirée sur chine non justifiée des ornements typographiques ; - & ILLUSTRÉ d'une SUITE INÉDITE DE SIX AQUARELLES ORIGINAES par MAURICE DENIS pour le bibliophile Pierre Dumesnil. ATTACHED: a set of three cartoons and a tracing paper containing approximately EIGHT CROQUIS & AQUARELLES by the artist; a sheet of handwritten notes ("some extracts from a Roman breviary" and "some verses I had 'taken out'"); & a note on Pierre Dumesnil's letterhead: "S aint Germain en Laye. // Maurice Denis died suddenly // in Paris, in November 1943, // while he was illustrating this book for me." The watercolors are bound in the book and matted. Five are captioned in pencil by the artist. Some foxing. A FINE AND UNIQUE COPY.
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