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659 - HEREDIA, José-Maria, *Greece and Sicily* [...]. Paris: M. de Becque (printed by R. Coulouma), 1926. In-4°. Brown Cape morocco in Art Deco style, signed M[arguerite] Fray; covers adorned on the outer edges with a row of black and beige morocco strips and gold and silver fillets, including a mos band. the same morocco leathers interlaced in a sawtooth pattern; ribbed spine decorated with bands and horizontal and vertical fillets similar to those on the covers; linings of the same brown morocco edged with a blind-stamped fillet and decorated like the covers, endpapers of black moiré silk; double endpapers of decorated paper in shades of ochre, gold, and silver; gilt edges on small endpapers; covers in good condition (spine slightly faded; ink from the covers has bled onto the white endpapers). In a lined slipcase. A very fine copy. The complete text is illustrated with 102 original compositions, including 20 full-page plates, etched in color with color registration by Maurice de Becque. Printed in a run of 202 numbered copies; one of 140 on Lafuma pure-thread paper (no. 111). A pure Art Deco binding, perfectly executed by the Parisian artist Marguerite Fray.
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HEREDIA, José-Maria, *Greece and Sicily* [...]. Paris: M. de Becque (printed by R. Coulouma), 1926. In-4°. Brown Cape morocco in Art Deco style, signed M[arguerite] Fray; covers adorned on the outer edges with a row of black and beige morocco strips and gold and silver fillets, including a mos band. the same morocco leathers interlaced in a sawtooth pattern; ribbed spine decorated with bands and horizontal and vertical fillets similar to those on the covers; linings of the same brown morocco edged with a blind-stamped fillet and decorated like the covers, endpapers of black moiré silk; double endpapers of decorated paper in shades of ochre, gold, and silver; gilt edges on small endpapers; covers in good condition (spine slightly faded; ink from the covers has bled onto the white endpapers). In a lined slipcase. A very fine copy. The complete text is illustrated with 102 original compositions, including 20 full-page plates, etched in color with color registration by Maurice de Becque. Printed in a run of 202 numbered copies; one of 140 on Lafuma pure-thread paper (no. 111). A pure Art Deco binding, perfectly executed by the Parisian artist Marguerite Fray.
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