Casanova "a Love Adventure In Venice" Ill. Gerda Wegener 1927, 1/414 Arches Binding Boichot

[WEGENER (Gerda)] – CASANOVA DE SEINGALT - A Love Adventure in Venice.
Edition illustrated with original watercolors by Gerda Wegener engraved on wood by G. Aubert and etched in colors by André Lambert.

P., Le Livre du Bibliophile, Georges Briffaut, publisher, 1927, 1 vol. in-4° (277 x 210 mm) 1/2 Bradel shagreen khaki with large grains, author, title and date in gilt foot on the back, paper covers strewn with gold drops, gilded head, black paper inside covers and endpapers , covers and spine preserved (BOICHOT), of (2) ff. (half-title and title) – XIV – 164 pp. – (2) off. (completed print and collection list).

A touch of foxing on the title page, perfect copy very well bound by Thomas Boichot elsewhere.

Illustrations by Gerda Wegener (9 headings, 9 initials, 9 tailpieces and numerous small roses in 2 tones engraved on wood by Aubert and 8 insets etched in color by André Lambert).

Edition of 500 numbered copies, 1 of 414 on Arches vellum (N°295).

A number of copies encountered on the same paper have 10 color etchings, including 2 called "discoveries", which normally were only found in the leading copies. They are not present in ours.

Ref. library. : Carteret, IV-93: "Very nice listed publication".