279 - CHEVRILLON, André. LOBEL-RICHE.

CHEVRILLON, André. LOBEL-RICHE. A Twilight of Islam. Paris, Available from the Artist, 1930. Quarto (33 x 26 cm), (4) leaves, including 2 blank leaves, 233-(3) pp. Contemporary blue morocco, ribbed spine, author and illustrator names in gold, a copper plate inlaid at the top of the front cover, endpapers and half-leaves lined with blue silk, embossed panels adorned with gilt fillets and stars, double blue half-leaf sprinkled with gilt stars, gilt head, in a [Dumas] slipcase (some foxing here and there on the parchment). Description: An exceptional copy in a beautiful signed morocco binding. The illustration was printed on the artist’s own presses by Victor Viennois. Limited edition of 325 copies; this is an artist’s copy, one of 10 not for sale. Hand-verified with Lobel-Riche’s signature. Includes the engravings in 5 states: pure etching; a black state with retouches; a bistre state with retouches; a parchment state with retouches; and the final state as shown in the text. Enriched with: - A drawing on vellum embedded in the upper endpaper, signed, dated “Fez 1919,” and captioned “The Water Carrier of Boujloud.” Before the front cover: - A sketch depicting a man’s portrait, unsigned. - Two drawings by the artist, signed and painted in watercolor, titled “Fès,” one dated “1919.” - A watercolor, captioned and signed. - A drawing by the artist, signed and painted in watercolor, titled “Fez 1918.” After the second cover: - A drawing signed and dated “Fez 1919,” captioned “3 amirates.” -A reproduction of a drawing by the artist, printed in color and hand-captioned: “A foundouk [hotel] in Fez.” -Two signed watercolors, one of which is dated “Fez 1919.” - A pencil drawing, signed and dated “Fez 1919.” - Two watercolors signed by Henri Hourtal, one of which is captioned “Rabat-18” (inserted but not bound).