[BINDINGS] -- [ART DECO]. GIONO, Jean (1895-1970). Un de Baumugnes. [Paris]: Les Bibliophiles de l'Amérique Latine, 1930.

4to (285 x 233 mm). In-text illustrations after Jacques Thevenet; with an additional suite of the illustrations printed on papier du Chine bound in. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF THREE ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS BY THEVENET, each window-mounted and bound in, one with pen, replicating the illustrations on the title-page, and pp. 59 & 138. Contemporary brown crushed levant, sides decorated in blind starburst pattern, gilt-lettered on spine, top edge gilt, others uncut, suede doublures and endleaves, STAMP-SIGNED BY THÉRESE MONCEY AND COCHET; morocco-tipped slipcase and chemise. Provenance: Comte Edgar Marie da Silva Ramos (1890-1945), (limitation statement); tiny collector’s inventory label to verso of flyleaf.

LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 named copies reserved for Bibliophiles de l’Amérique Latine, this being Comte Edgar da Silva Ramos’s copy, of a total edition of 135. A VERY FINE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY BOUND WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY THEVENET IN A VERY FINE FRENCH BINDING BY THÉRESE MONCEY AND COCHET.

[With:] [BINDING]. GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Faust suivi du Second Faust. Gérard Nerval, translator. Paris: Éditions de la Pléiade, 1930.

8vo (236 x 170 mm). Lithographed illustrations after Constant le Breton. Contemporary brown crushed levant, upper cover set with stylized hourglass design with tan levant onlays gilt, lower cover with gilt zodiac design, spine gilt-lettered, top edge gilt, others uncut, wide turn-ins blind-ruled with gilt-lettered quote: “Et réciproquement | Si je dis à l’instant: «Reste donc! Tu me plais tant.»,” STAMP-SIGNED “F.M.”; original wrappers bound in. LIMITED EDITION, number 657 of 1,000 copies on vélin fabriqué spécialement of a total edition of 1,116.

Property from the Estate of a Renowned Art Dealer, New York City, New York

[BINDINGS] -- [ART DECO]. GIONO, Jean (1895-1970). Un de Baumugnes. [Paris]: Les Bibliophiles de l'Amérique Latine, 1930.