282 - DAUDET, Alphonse. JOURDAIN, Henri.

DAUDET, Alphonse. JOURDAIN, Henri. Letters from My Mill. Paris: Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1933. In-8 (29 x 20 cm). (3)-205-(3) pp. Contemporary blue morocco, spine with 4 raised bands, author’s name and title in gold, date at the bottom, two copper plates inlaid on the covers and edged with a black fillet, gilded fillets and dots on the headbands and footbands, endpapers of blue silk woven with repeating geometric patterns, double endpapers of handmade paper, inner covers framed in blue morocco mosaic with a mill, a Bible, an inkwell and quill, as well as a stack of papers on a table, all adorned with gold fillets and dots, gilt edges on endpapers, cover and spine preserved, in a marbled slipcase with morocco trim [Ch. Septier] (spine very slightly faded). Description: Illustrated with original color etchings by Henri Jourdain. In a beautiful, perfectly bound morocco leather binding. Printed in an edition of 200 copies; this is no. 4, one of the 10 first-edition copies on super-pearlescent Japanese paper. Enriched with an original watercolor and a watercolor sketch by the artist; two copper plates with remarks; a color suite with remarks, a black-and-white suite, and a suite showing the decomposition of colors, all printed on fine Japanese paper. Includes a prospectus with several pages of text and vignettes. Ex-libris: Albert Dubosc (stamped in gold on the upper inside cover).