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75 - CLOUZOT, Marianne, and COLETTE. *Le Blé en herbe*.
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CLOUZOT, Marianne, and COLETTE. *Le Blé en herbe*. Colette’s masterpiece on teenage love, illustrated with delicate etchings by Marianne Clouzot and featuring a dedicatory page with a drawing, in a full-leather binding signed by the artist. Paris, Flammarion, 1947. Quarto, full sea-green morocco, smooth spine framed by a gold fillet and gold title, gold fillet repeated as a border on the covers, fine interior border also adorned with a gold fillet, old-pink suede endpapers and linings, gilded edges, original unmarked covers and spine preserved (vignette on the front cover), half-slipcase with bands of the same sea-green morocco leather, and a bordered case. Binding signed by P. Vernier. 213 pp., frontispiece, and 27 etchings, including 10 full-page plates. Some dark marks on the binding; sun-faded caps; spine of the half-leather cover sun-faded with two small spots. A fine illustrated edition of this famous coming-of-age novel, adorned with 27 delicate etchings by Marianne Clouzot (1908–2007). Limited edition of 675 copies; this one is one of 500 numbered copies on Lafuma pure-fiber vellum (no. 224). Autographed dedication with an ink drawing of a cherub to the collector and bibliophile Henri Dumesnil. A beautiful copy, in an elegant, signed binding.
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Rare and valuable books from the 16th to the 20th centuries (manuscripts, curiosities, Art Deco-illustrated books, the André Maurois collection, etc.).Auction house
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