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164 - (Louis JOU). WILDE (Oscar). SALOME.
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(Louis JOU). WILDE (Oscar). SALOME. Paris, Les Médecins Bibliophiles, 1932. In-4°, salmon-orange morocco, covers adorned with continuous gold fillets on the spine with the title in black mosaic lettering following Jou’s design, triple gold fillet on the inside, painted endpapers, gilt binding, cover and spine (Germaine Pont). The only edition featuring a full-page woodcut on the cover, four large woodcuts in monochrome shades of various hues, seven color woodcuts in the text, and an equal number of beautiful garnet-colored initials, all set within red-framed text. A unique print run of 150 copies on hand-made Arches laid paper with a watermark, this one bearing Dr. Pont’s name. A copy with wide margins, bound in-fine with the list of subscribing physicians. “…The Oriental style flourishes here in a blaze of color, sumptuously enhanced by reds and golds” (Feuille No. 72). A BEAUTIFUL, ELEGANTLY BOUND COPY.
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