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- Lot 274
MARY WEBB - Sarn. Translation by Jacques de Lacretelle and Madeleine Guéritte. Compositions by Roland OUDOT engraved on wood by Théo SCHMIED. Paris, Creuzevault, (1950). In-4, 330 x 250 mm. Binding signed Creuzevault: black morocco, boards mosaicked with large emerald green box scrolls interspersed with silver nets undulating and evoking tree branches, black suede back covers and endpapers, silver edges, in a black half morocco folder lined with fine black leather, boards decorated with striated paper in grey tones, smooth spine, silver title on the spine, in a lined slipcase (spine of the folder slightly faded) 57 woodcuts in colors on the mark, including 1 on the cover and 4 off-text, the others in-text of variable dimensions. One of the 50 first copies on vellum of Rives (No. 3) accompanied by a suite in colors of the 57 illustrations. Edition at 275 numbered copies, 25 of which are hors commerce, all signed by the artist and initialed by the publisher. Very beautiful edition printed in almond green and black, whose compositions by Oudot, superbly engraved on wood by Th. Schmied, some of which required more than 20 successive prints, form real small paintings.
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