"Jean-adrien Mercier, Soulié "the Lion In Love" 1/20 On Japan + Watercolor, Ink & Copper 1937"
Ex. of head on Japan + 1 watercolor, 1 ink, 1 copper and 1 suite [MERCIER (Jean-Adrien)] - SOULIE (Frédéric) Jean-Adrien MERCIER - The Lion in Love.
P., La Tradition, 1937, 1 vol. small in-4° (242 x 190) paperback under folded cover, cardboard folder and slipcase, of (1) f. (print proof) - 164 pp; - (2) ff. -blank and finished printing). Worn shirt and cases, small stains on the cover, otherwise a very nice copy.
20 drypoints by Jean-Adrien Mercier, engraved on copper by the artist and printed on the presses of L. Aubert, including 6 out of text. Printed in 550 copies, 1 of the 20 leading copies on Japon Impérial (N°7) including a suite in black with remarks in bistre, an original signed watercolor (reproduced on page 128), an original signed ink (interpreted on page 5) and a original copper gilt and inked (for page 78).
Autograph dedication signed by Jean-Adrien Mercier on the half-title page, dated 15 Dec. 1937.
Ref. library. : Carteret, IV-365: “interesting publication”.
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