Bonnard, Pierre--Vollard, Ambroise.

4to (320 x 247mm.), copy number 47 of an edition of 340, one of 50 on papier lin à la cuve des Papeteries d'Arches, limitation statement initialled by the artist and the author, 29 plates and illustrations in the text by Bonnard, 2 plates containing a summary of the plates, a second set of the 29 plates, and a further suite of plates not used comprising one index plate and 14 plates in two states, 15 leaves of woodcut illustrations not used, purple crushed morocco by Jacques Anthoine-Legrain, covers with curving gilt fillets in a sun ray pattern, spine lettered in gilt and black, white watered silk endpapers with gilt-tooled dentelles, pink and gilt marbled flyleaves, card chemise and slipcase, original illustrated wrappers bound in, small rust-hole in one plate

Rauch 27

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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