503 - Gogol, N. Journal d'un fou. Translated by B. de Schloezer and J. Schiffrin. Paris, Les Éditions de la Pléiade, (1927). 129 pages, 2 leaves. With 21 (11 full-page) aquatint etchings by A. Alexeieff. Large octavo. Contemporary red half-maroon binding (signed 'Alfred Farez') with gilt title on spine (original wrappers included).

Gogol, N. Journal d'un fou. Translated by B. de Schloezer and J. Schiffrin. Paris, Les Éditions de la Pléiade, (1927). 129 pages, 2 leaves. With 21 (11 full-page) aquatint etchings by A. Alexeieff. Large octavo. Contemporary red half-maroon binding (signed 'Alfred Farez') with gilt title on spine (original wrappers included). Monod 5541. - One of 216 numbered copies (GA 266) on BFK Rives paper, colophon signed by J. Schiffrin. - Book decoration and etchings by Alexandre Alexeieff, who worked in Paris as a stage and costume designer and also illustrated numerous books. After developing a new animation technique in 1931 to transform his engravings into moving images, the first of his numerous films, 'Night on Bald Mountain', was created in 1933. - With a gold-embossed, crowned leather bookplate from the well-known bibliophile and collector of rare press prints, 'Aleramo Spada-Lavini'.