MINACHE (Génia) - 'UMAR HAYYAM. - Lot 117

MINACHE (Génia) - 'UMAR HAYYAM. Les Robaïyat translated from Persian by Franz Toussaint. Paris: Marcel Lubineau, [1957]. - In-8, 272 x 187: (2 blank ff.), 151 pp. (4 ff. last 2 blank), illustrated cover. Jansenist gray velvet, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, lined slipcase (period binding). Edition of 575 copies on vellum pur fil de Rives, illustrated with 21 watercolors by Russian artist Génia MINACHE (1907-1972), interpreted as color woodcuts by Pierre Jean Mathan, including a vignette on the cover, a frontispiece, a vignette on the title, a cul-de-lampe and 16 full-page figures. One of 25 artist's copies, this one specially printed for Pierre Jean Mathan (no. IV). It was enriched with the following pieces: - Brochure on Génia Minache published by Marcel Lubineau (4 ff. in-8). - Gouache proof of the wood on page 71, signed by the artist. - 3 original signed drawings used to illustrate the cover. - Continuation of the illustrations on Rives vellum. - Suite in monochrome. - One illustration refused in color. - Color decomposition of an illustration (p. 127). A good copy in a plain contemporary binding. Spine faded and a little spotted.