[BENEDICTUS] - SAUDE (Jean). Treatise on the art of stencil illumination. Preceded by notes by Mr. Antoine BOURDELLE, Lucien Descaves and SEM. Color illustrations by : BEAUZEE-REYNAUD, BENEDICTUS, BOURDELLE, BRUNETA, CHAPUIS, DORIVAL, FAIVRE, HALOUZE, LEPAPE, MADELAINE, MORISSET, RODIN, SEM, VIGNAL. Images of GEORGIN. Paris, Aux Editions de l'Ibis, 1925. In-folio in sheet under cardboard, hardcover illustrated with two stencils by Benedictus and Lucien Chapuis, 2nd & 3rd cover with a stencil by Chapuis. One of 415 copies. (n°171). Numerous and very fresh color illustrations. Small foxing. Complete with its XX plates out of text. First edition printed at 500 copies on Zuber laid paper, of this remarkable work on the art of stencil, composed by Jean Saudé, considered as the master in the field at the time.

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