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Anonymous: Amis et Amille. Fourteenth-century mystery, translated by Elemir Bourges. Color lithographs by André DERAIN. Paris, nouveau cercle parisien du livre, 1957. One volume. 27.5 by 36 cm. 89 pages. Full black morocco, boards decorated with a profusion of fillets and ochre morocco inlays, around a central cut-out filled with a white box hexagon. Orange box lining, navy suede endpapers, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt. Black half-maroquin band folder, imitation wood boards, edged slipcase. Binding signed Lucie WEILL. Perfect condition (minor rubbing on spine of dust jacket). 22 color lithographs by André DERAIN, including a double-page frontispiece, and 3 full-page lithographs. This was the last book illustrated by Derain, whose style is here at its apogee. Limited edition of 150 copies, including 130 nominative, all on Rives. Copy N°6, for Madame Lucie WEILL-QUILLARDET. Enriched with the three suites indicated in the justification: one suite on Chine, one suite on Japon nacré, one suite on Japon impérial, and the complete color decomposition of the double-page frontispiece on Rives. It also includes an original color drawing, with the André DERAIN studio mark. Lucie WEILL (née Quillardet 1901-1986), bookbinder, gallery owner and publisher. One of the great French gallery owners of the 20th century. Lucie Weill founded her gallery in 1930 at 6 rue Bonaparte in Paris with her husband Pierre-André Weill (1908-1985). She exhibited Picasso, Ernst, Arp and Jean Cocteau's first pastels. From 1950 onwards, the gallery had an important publishing activity under the "Au Pont des Arts" label. A great bookbinder, she has created here an exceptional binding. For the discerning collector. A unique copy.

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Anonymous: Amis et Amille. Fourteenth-century mystery, translated by Elemir Bourges. Color lithographs by André DERAIN. Paris, nouveau cercle parisien du livre, 1957. One volume. 27.5 by 36 cm. 89 pages. Full black morocco, boards decorated with a profusion of fillets and ochre morocco inlays, around a central cut-out filled with a white box hexagon. Orange box lining, navy suede endpapers, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt. Black half-maroquin band folder, imitation wood boards, edged slipcase. Binding signed Lucie WEILL. Perfect condition (minor rubbing on spine of dust jacket). 22 color lithographs by André DERAIN, including a double-page frontispiece, and 3 full-page lithographs. This was the last book illustrated by Derain, whose style is here at its apogee. Limited edition of 150 copies, including 130 nominative, all on Rives. Copy N°6, for Madame Lucie WEILL-QUILLARDET. Enriched with the three suites indicated in the justification: one suite on Chine, one suite on Japon nacré, one suite on Japon impérial, and the complete color decomposition of the double-page frontispiece on Rives. It also includes an original color drawing, with the André DERAIN studio mark. Lucie WEILL (née Quillardet 1901-1986), bookbinder, gallery owner and publisher. One of the great French gallery owners of the 20th century. Lucie Weill founded her gallery in 1930 at 6 rue Bonaparte in Paris with her husband Pierre-André Weill (1908-1985). She exhibited Picasso, Ernst, Arp and Jean Cocteau's first pastels. From 1950 onwards, the gallery had an important publishing activity under the "Au Pont des Arts" label. A great bookbinder, she has created here an exceptional binding. For the discerning collector. A unique copy.

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