BARRÈS (Maurice).

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BARRÈS (Maurice).
A Garden on Orontes. Paris, Javal & Bourdeaux, 1927. In-4, midnight blue half-maroquin with corners, decorated back, golden head, untrimmed, cover and back (Ch. Septier). Very nice edition, illustrated with 17 watercolours of Suréda engraved on wood by Robert Dill and printed in colour in register. Text entirely decorated by the artist with lettering, headbands, chapter headings and lamp ends engraved on wood and printed in black and gold. Edition of 490 copies, this one of the 75 on imperial japan containing a series of watercolours on japan, the decomposition of a non-text plate on china, and a series of ornaments in black and gold on china. In addition, the copy is enriched with 2 original drawings by the artist for the illustration of the book, proofs on china glued with 10 ornaments in black and gold, as well as the illustrated leaflet.
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