155 - (Louis JOU). LEMAISTRE DE SACY. THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW.

(Louis JOU). LEMAISTRE DE SACY. THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW. Paris, Louis Jou, 1928. In-8, brown morocco leather, covers adorned with a geometric design of textured chocolate-brown morocco leather in a tight grid pattern engraved in relief, highlighted by a pattern of gold and cold-stamped fillets forming a beveled diamond, with, at the center, a rectangle composed of a checkerboard pattern of 24 inlaid chocolate-brown morocco panels adorned with stylized suns rendered in gold dots; smooth spine decorated in the same manner; wide interior border decorated in the same manner; chocolate-brown silk endpapers and linings; gilt edges; cover and spine, slipcase and edged case (Pierre Legrain - J. Anthoine-Legrain). Edition designed and produced by Louis Jou on his hand-operated presses; it is adorned by him with 85 original woodcuts, including 30 full-page illustrations, numerous headpieces, initials, and tailpieces. The text, printed in red and black, contains no hyphenated words at the end of lines—a fact of which Louis Jou is proud, stating in the subscription form: “This book is unique in that it does not have a single word hyphenated at the end of a line, a feature of which, I believe, in the printing industry.” Printed in an edition of 310 copies; this one is ONE OF THE 15 ON IMPERIAL JAPAN PAPER, enhanced with ONE OF THE RARE TEN SETS OF THE 30 WOODCUTS on white Japan paper, 3 unpublished full-page woodcuts, and the subscription form (Sheet, No. 58) (Flety, 109). Slight scuffs on the cover and slipcase. SPLENDID COPY IN A FINELY CRAFTED BINDING, SIGNED BY LEGRAIN.