293 - HENNIQUE, Léon. BERTRAND.

HENNIQUE, Léon. BERTRAND. Deux Patries. Paris, L. Conquet, Carteret & Cie, 1903. In-4 (32.5 x 25 cm), 149 pp. Contemporary midnight blue morocco, ribbed spine, author’s name and title in gold, date at the bottom, geometric framing composed of multiple gold fillets on the panels and covers, guilloché caps, double gold fillets with cutwork, insides lined with burgundy morocco leather adorned with a wide frame of mosaic-style gilded fleurons and a central rectangle bordered by gilded fillets and ironwork, blue silk lining on the endpapers, gilded edges on the endpapers, half-leather binding with bands, marbled slipcase [Canape. R. D., 1904] (spine worn). Description: In a very beautiful morocco leather binding, perfectly crafted by Canape in 1904. Illustrated edition featuring original color compositions by Bertrand, engraved with a burin and etched by Léon Boisson. Limited edition of 250 copies. Unique copy, printed for Albert Bélinac, a French industrialist and collector of fabrics and silk in Saint-Étienne between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who acquired the 11 original drawings—one for each engraving in the book—which have been bound here with the book. Enriched with two states of the engravings, in black before the letter.