Jean Auscher, Le Baccara, Dedication By Jules Romain

Published in Paris, Chez l'Artiste, undated [1925]. Square folio (370 X 417 mm) in sheets under cream cardboard folder with title label stuck on the first cover; (2) ff. of preface and table of plates, 10 full-page washes laminated on kraft paper. ORIGINAL EDITION of the preface by Jules Romains and FIRST PRINT of the 10 PLATES by the French painter, engraver and illustrator Jean AUSCHER (1880-1950). Taking an interest in the second half of the 1920s in the milieus of gaming circles, Jean Auscher described this world in "Le Baccara", self-published. The print run is limited to 549 COPIES, this one ONE of the 422 on Arches. . This collection is RARE and it is also dedicated on the cover page by Jules Romain. Copy in GOOD CONDITION, complete with its 10 plates.