Edouard CHIMOT - Prosper MÉRIMÉELivre Rare Book
L'anthropophage The Cannibal
1930réf. 74957Paris: Editions Lapina 1930. Fine. Editions Lapina Paris 1930 16 x 23 cm relié First edition one of 50 numbered copies reimposed on Japan Imperial paper ours being one of the few hors commerce copies deluxe edition after 1 unique copy on Japan Imperial and 19 old Japan. Illustrated work as frontispiece with a portrait of Charles Maurras consisting of an original drypoint by Edouard Chimot and original lithographs by Wassily Schoukhaeff. Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners spine with five raised bands gilt date at foot black roulettes on headcaps black fillet frame on wood-effect paper boards wood-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns covers and spine preserved top edge gilt perfect unsigned binding. Very handsome copy perfectly executed and complete as stipulated in the justification page with the double state of Edouard Chimot's drypoint with remarques 1 proof of the cancelled plate and 1 suite of the lithographs on Japan. Editions Lapina hardcover
