CHEVRILLON (André) - DUBOIS (Paul-Élie) - Lot 165

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CHEVRILLON (André) - DUBOIS (Paul-Élie) - Lot 165
CHEVRILLON (André) - DUBOIS (Paul-Élie) Les Puritains du désert sud-algérien Paris: Le Livre contemporain, [1944]. - In-4, 327 x 254: (6 ff. first 3 blanks), 214 pp. (9 ff. last 2 blanks), illustrated cover. Leaves, filled cover, tan chagrin spine folder, lined slipcase. Brilliant edition published on the initiative of Georges Lecomte and Ernest de Crauzat, illustrated with ornaments and 82 color compositions by painter and illustrator Paul-Élie DUBOIS (1886-1949), interpreted on wood by Pierre Bouchet, including one on the cover and 4 full-page illustrations. "One of the artist's most powerful illustrations", according to Carteret (IV, p. 103). "Execution began in May 1938, continued during the German occupation and was completed when the Germans landed in June 1944" (justification). The book was designed by Pierre Bouchet, who also created the typography and printed the text and engravings on his presses. Edition of 130 copies on Rives vellum, this one numbered 97, enriched with the following items: - a large original signed gouache for the illustration on page 117, with annotations in pencil by the engraver, - a proof of pages 115 to 118 with a reproduction of the gouache on page 117, different from the one in the book, - a full-page color woodcut after Dubois, depicting a standing man praying, not included in the book, - two two-sheet folio menus, illustrated by Dubois, for dinners given by "Le Livre contemporain" on May 17, 1938 and May 11, 1939, - a bifeuillet published for the book's release, with a woodcut after Dubois on the first page, topped by the inscription: "Souvenir de l'Assemblée Générale du 1er Juillet 1944 "Le Livre contemporain", - the woodcut alone is printed on a double-page spread at the head of pages 132-133, - color decomposition of an illustration on japon, - a suite of illustrations on japon nacré. Spine of dust jacket faded. Some rare foxing. Provenance: Pierre Bouchet. - Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.
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