DESCAVES Lucien et STEINLENLivre Rare Book
Barabbas. Paroles dans la vallée Barabbas. Words in the Valley
1914réf. 56999Paris: Eugène Rey 1914. Fine. Eugène Rey Paris 1914 16 x 20.50 cm relié DESCAVES Lucien illustrated by STEINLEN Théophile Alexandre Barabbas. Paroles dans la vallée Barabbas. Words in the Valley Eugène Rey Paris 1914 16 x 205 cm dark brown morocco and custom slipcase First edition one of a 100 numbered copies on Japan paper enriched with a suite of illustrations printed on China paper the tirage de tête. Dark brown morocco by Gruel spine in five compartments very slightly faded pastedowns lined with a dark brown morocco frame and five gilt fillets moiré cloth endpapers and pastedowns gilt fillet to edges of covers gilt roulettes to head of spine wrappers and spine preserved all edges gilt dark brown morocco-edged slipcase. With lithographs by Steinlen. This copy is enriched with a rare suite of the drawings on China paper. A fine copy remarkably bound by Léon Gruel. $ 1 800 Eugène Rey hardcover
