FRANCE (Anatole). La Rôtisserie de la Reine Pédauque. Paris, - Lot 367

FRANCE (Anatole). La Rôtisserie de la Reine Pédauque. Paris, Édouard Pelletan, 1911. Large in-4°, blue morocco, ornate ribbed spine, wide framing of gilded fillets and roulettes with rocaille, double gilded fillet on the edges, blue morocco counterplate, finely framed with lace, fillet and decorations in rocaille and gilded garlands, gilded edges on witnesses, blue moire endpapers, cover preserved, blue half-maroquin band folder, case (Canape R. D. - 1912). A portrait of the author and 176 woodcuts, including 17 hors-texte in color, after Auguste LEROUX, engraved by DUPLESSIS, FLORIAN, FROMENT, GUSMAN and PERRICHON. Printed at 440 (or 444) copies, this one (no. 7), ONE OF 27 HEADERS ON ANCIENT JAPON, "Grand in-4° carré" format, printed for Mademoiselle Lydie Oustinoff, containing an ORIGINAL SIGNED AQUARELLE and an additional suite of illustrations printed on Chine, some in two, three or four states. INCLUDED: the color illustrated prospectus. A fine copy printed by the imprimerie nationale in garamond, IN RICH BINDINGS BY GEORGES CANAPE. "Very fine publication [...] A major work by the artist Auguste Leroux. His remarkable illustrations are wood-engraved with consummate skill. A book of this quality in a library makes many audacious modern productions pale in comparison" (Carteret, Le Trésor du Bibliophile, IV-170). BEAUTIFUL EXEMPLAIRE printed by the imprimerie nationale in garamond, IN RICH BINDING BY GEORGES CANAPE. "Very fine publication [...] A major work by the artist Auguste Leroux. His remarkable illustrations are wood-engraved with consummate skill. A book of this quality in a library makes many audacious modern productions pale in comparison" (Carteret, Le Trésor du Bibliophile, IV-170).