LAMARTINE ALPHONSE DE [Brunelleschi] - Lot 258

LAMARTINE ALPHONSE DE [Brunelleschi] Graziella Paris, 1931, small in-4 lilac morocco, four-ribbed spine richly decorated with gilt fillets and dotted lines, a green morocco listel framing the spine and terminating in scrolls at the ends, the boards decorated in the same way. Fillets and punches on the edges. Green morocco lined counter-plates in a very rich gilded frame, mosaicked with red pieces riddled with gold. Silk endpapers decorated with illustrations echoing those in the book. Filled illustrated covers. Binding signed LEVITZKY. 184pp. 27 stenciled color illustrations by Umberto Brunelleschi, including 4 full-page. Printed by Kadar. Edition of 1,100 copies, this one, ONE OF 34 ON JAPON (after a single copy) with a color suite, a black suite and an original watercolor. Talvart & Place XI-49, Carteret IV-229 "Edition recherchée et cotée". Sumptuous colors. Grégoire Lévitzky (1885-1969) learned bookbinding in Odessa and practiced in France from the early 20th century until 1965. Umberto Brunelleschi studied at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts before moving to Paris. He contributed to a number of fashion magazines, and achieved great success by blending the style of the gallant 18th century with Art Deco drawing, strongly colored by flat tints of gouache. These flat tints are wonderfully rendered here using the stencil technique. Spine of dust jacket a little faded, otherwise a perfect copy. Monod II-6778.