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646 - ELSKAMP, Max *Chansons d'amures*. With six engravings by Margot Weemaes. Antwerp: Ch. Stockmans and J.-E. Buschmann, 1937. Small square in-4° (rare, minimal stitching). Black Roussette with frame, signed G[abrielle] Claes, crinkled turquoise Japanese paper covers embellished with pieces of the same paper and green leather, adorned with a gilt fillet and dotted line depicting stylized sails, four highly stylized gilt fish with red and green oases on the upper cover, a large curved gold fillet on the lower cover, the whole encircled by a gold fillet continued by a dotted line with red and green ozer extending onto the smooth spine, which bears a gold title running lengthwise; linings and endpapers of the same Japanese paper, gold-edged. Housed in a black elephant paper slipcase edged with red morocco leather and featuring two hinged flaps of black leather; the lower cover and interior back are lined with the paper from the book’s cover. Superb copy. First print run of the 6 full-page plates. Numbered edition limited to 215 copies. Chapel edition on Arches vellum. Original binding accompanied by a case ingeniously designed to serve as a display stand, all created by Gabrielle Claes. Ref. De Sadeleer 77. Provenance: Modern bookplate.
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ELSKAMP, Max *Chansons d'amures*. With six engravings by Margot Weemaes. Antwerp: Ch. Stockmans and J.-E. Buschmann, 1937. Small square in-4° (rare, minimal stitching). Black Roussette with frame, signed G[abrielle] Claes, crinkled turquoise Japanese paper covers embellished with pieces of the same paper and green leather, adorned with a gilt fillet and dotted line depicting stylized sails, four highly stylized gilt fish with red and green oases on the upper cover, a large curved gold fillet on the lower cover, the whole encircled by a gold fillet continued by a dotted line with red and green ozer extending onto the smooth spine, which bears a gold title running lengthwise; linings and endpapers of the same Japanese paper, gold-edged. Housed in a black elephant paper slipcase edged with red morocco leather and featuring two hinged flaps of black leather; the lower cover and interior back are lined with the paper from the book’s cover. Superb copy. First print run of the 6 full-page plates. Numbered edition limited to 215 copies. Chapel edition on Arches vellum. Original binding accompanied by a case ingeniously designed to serve as a display stand, all created by Gabrielle Claes. Ref. De Sadeleer 77. Provenance: Modern bookplate.
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