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COLETTE et Mathurin MÉHEUT "Look..." Paris, J.-G. Deschamps, 1929. In-folio, paperback, filled illustrated cover, in cream calfskin spine-windowed cardboard slipcase bearing the authors' names in blue and orange oeser throughout (Devauchelle). First edition, illustrated with 20 beautiful original compositions by Mathurin Méheut, engraved in the text or on the full page, including 2 on the cover, and stenciled by Jean Saudé. A superb children's book on the theme of marine flora and fauna, the fruit of a two-year collaboration between writer and artist. Edition of 750 copies, this one on Vidalon vellum. Preserved in a window box-sleeve designed by Devauchelle. Some foxing on the front cover and fillings.
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COLETTE et Mathurin MÉHEUT "Look..." Paris, J.-G. Deschamps, 1929. In-folio, paperback, filled illustrated cover, in cream calfskin spine-windowed cardboard slipcase bearing the authors' names in blue and orange oeser throughout (Devauchelle). First edition, illustrated with 20 beautiful original compositions by Mathurin Méheut, engraved in the text or on the full page, including 2 on the cover, and stenciled by Jean Saudé. A superb children's book on the theme of marine flora and fauna, the fruit of a two-year collaboration between writer and artist. Edition of 750 copies, this one on Vidalon vellum. Preserved in a window box-sleeve designed by Devauchelle. Some foxing on the front cover and fillings.
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