310 - PUSHKIN. ZWORYKIN, Boris.

PUSHKIN. ZWORYKIN, Boris. The Golden Cockerel and Other Tales. Paris, L'Edition d'art H. Piazza, 1925. Large quarto, (1) folio, 75 pp., (4) folios including one blank, plates. Period burgundy morocco, spine with 4 raised bands, author’s name and title in gold, guilloché end caps, gilded fillets on the edges, framing of multiple gilded and dotted fillets on the endpapers, inside covers and endpapers lined with burgundy moiré silk, gilt edges, original cover preserved, in a marbled slipcase [G. G. Levitzky]. (Slight scuffing on the slipcase). Description: Superb first edition illustrated with color lithographs enhanced with gold based on works by the Russian artist Boris Zworykine, including 20 insert plates and 4 calligraphic initials, printed by Barraud, as well as chapter headings and borders. Limited edition. This is copy no. 1, printed for Henri Piazza, on Japanese paper. Complete with its double set of color plates and another set in black and white. A very fine copy, elegantly bound by Grégoire Levitzky (1885–1969), a bookbinder of Ukrainian origin living in France.