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- Lot 263
Anatole FRANCE - The Island of the Penguins. Illustrated by Louis JOU. Paris, Lapina, 1926. 2 volumes in-4, in sheets, 31,5 x 21 cm, under ivory parchment cover (covers and spine faded, stains on the boards, without the case). Continuous pagination. [4], x, [1], [1 bl.], 379, [8], [1 bl.] Edition illustrated by Louis Jou with twenty original drypoints, one hundred and thirty-one color drawings engraved by the artist. Limited edition of 535 numbered copies. ONE OF THE 10 OLDER JAPANESE HEAD COPS CONTAINING (n° 3): - 2 originals - 1 crossed copper- 2 states of drypoints - 1 state of the crossed-out coppers - 1 complete suite of woodcuts on Japon.the suites have been preserved in the original folders (tears and missing); the copper and the originals in 2 cardboard folders (faded). Pale freckles affecting the endpapers and edges. Monod, I, 4900.
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