[EDOUARD VII] - MAUROIS (André).-Livre Rare Book
LES SILENCES DU COLONEL BRAMBLE
192655511Paris: Société D'Édition "Le Livre 1926. Near fine. Limited first edition thus illustrated by Laboureur master of interwar French engraving - handsomely bound by a contemporary French woman binder Marie-Louis H. Farge. First published in 1918 LES SILENCES DU COLONEL BRAMBLE was a popular novel about a French officer working as an interpreter with the British during World War I and based on Maurois's real experiences. Marie-Louis H. Farge's work has touches of fin-de-siècle aesthetics mixed with the harder geometries of modernism. A 1929 notice in ARTS ET MÉTIERS GRAPHIQUES PARIS for an exhibition of around fifty bindings by Farge remarks on her unusual combinations of tools and ornaments. Laboureur was a highly acclaimed engraver of the same era his limited editions highly sought and often serving as the foundation for fine bindings as here. 9'' x 6.25''. Contemporary half goatskin by Marie-Louise H. Farge spine stamped in gilt and blind. Marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Original wrappers bound in. Illustrated with 15 engravings by Laboureur. 243 3 pages. One of 350 copies on Arches paper total limitation 500. Touch of wear to joints some light foxing to text. Société D'Édition "Le Livre unknown
Type Punch Matrix · États-Unis500,00 $US≈ 423,05 €
