26 - ARNOUX (Alexandre) and FRÉLAUT (Jean). *Le Promeneur accompagné*. Copperplate engravings and drawings by Jean Frélaut.

ARNOUX (Alexandre) and FRÉLAUT (Jean). *Le Promeneur accompagné*. Copperplate engravings and drawings by Jean Frélaut. Remarkable mosaic binding by Michel Moura, containing one of 10 numbered copies on Arches vellum (No. 4), with a set of copperplate engravings in two states, a set of colored woodcuts, and an original colored drawing by Jean Frélaut. Paris, Texte Prétextes, 1948. In-4 (235x280 mm), green morocco, spine with four raised bands decorated with gold fillets and blind-stamped designs, upper cover adorned with a large mosaic composition depicting Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in blue fillets, the Pont-Neuf in red fillets, the whole set against a background of mosaic flowers formed from pieces of white, red, and lemon-colored morocco leather, with an embossed inner border, gilded head on endpapers, untrimmed, original covers preserved, housed in a half-green morocco slipcase with flaps lined with green velvet, matching case (Moura). 133 pages, 20 illustrations by Jean Frélaut, including 10 black copper engravings as separate plates and 10 color drawings in the text, woodcuts by Daragnès. Spine of the slipcase slightly faded, minimal scuffing on the case. First edition of this dreamy stroll through the streets of Paris, illustrated in the first print run with 10 original etchings and 10 color drawings by the painter, engraver, and illustrator Jean Frélaut (1879–1954), engraved on wood by Daragnès. Limited edition of 251 copies; this is one of 10 numbered copies on Arches vellum paper (No. 4), including a set of copperplate prints in two states, a set of color woodcuts, and an original watercolor drawing by the artist. The copperplate engravings are signed in pencil by Frélaut; the color woodcuts are signed in pencil by Frélaut and Daragnès. A superb copy bound in full mosaic morocco leather, perfectly crafted by the Lyon-based bookbinder Michel Moura.