175 - BURNAT-PROVINS (Marguerite). Petits tableaux valaisans. Vevey, Säuberlin & Pfeiffer Press, 1903. An oblong 8vo volume, in the publisher’s illustrated cardboard binding, with a later cardboard slipcase and dust jacket featuring a polychrome illustration from the book on the front covers. The cardboard binding is partially faded.

BURNAT-PROVINS (Marguerite). Petits tableaux valaisans. Vevey, Säuberlin & Pfeiffer Press, 1903. An oblong 8vo volume, in the publisher’s illustrated cardboard binding, with a later cardboard slipcase and dust jacket featuring a polychrome illustration from the book on the front covers. The cardboard binding is partially faded. First edition of Marguerite Burnat-Provins’s first book, featuring 10 separate plates, numerous initial letters, vignettes, headpieces, and footpieces, all wood-engraved from the artist’s original compositions and printed in color. Marguerite Burnat-Provins (1872–1952), a French painter, draftswoman, and writer based in Switzerland, created both the texts and the illustrations for this publication herself. Her aesthetic was influenced by Symbolism, folk art, and Art Nouveau. Limited edition of 562 numbered copies; this one is one of 550 on gray Montgolfier paper (No. 474).