283 - SAMAIN (Albert) and SOLOMKO (Serge de). *On the Sides of the Vase*. Twenty-six plates by Serge de Solomko, etched by Edmond Pennequin.

SAMAIN (Albert) and SOLOMKO (Serge de). *On the Sides of the Vase*. Twenty-six plates by Serge de Solomko, etched by Edmond Pennequin. Paris, Librairie des amateurs, 1922. In-4 (200x260 mm), half-morocco with fawn-colored corners edged with a gold fillet, spine with 4 raised bands underlined with a dotted line and framed by blind-stamped fillets extending onto the covers, gilded floral decoration in a mosaic of red and brown morocco between the raised bands, author’s name and title in gilt letters, date at the bottom, bookbinder’s monogram “L.P.” cold-stamped on the back cover, gilt head on endpapers, illustrated covers and spine preserved (L. Peeters) 108 pages, 1 frontispiece, and 25 insert plates by Serge de Solomko, etched by Edmond Pennequin; title in red and black with a colored vignette; black-and-white illustrations in the text at the beginning of chapters and as end-papers. Minimal scuffing on the edges and in the corners. A charming edition of this collection of 25 elegiac poems by the French Symbolist poet Albert Samain (1858–1900), adorned with 26 delicate compositions—some of them erotic—by Sergei Solomko, known as “Serge de Solomko " (1867–1928), a Russian illustrator and watercolorist who lived part of his life in France. Limited edition of 520 numbered copies; this one is among the first 30 printed on re-imposed large Japanese paper (No. 19), containing four states of the etchings—including one in color—as well as an original watercolor by Serge de Solomko. A lovely copy, perfectly executed by Laurent Peeters.