POE EDGAR-ALLAN [single system binding / Louis Marque] - Lot 322

POE EDGAR-ALLAN [single system binding / Louis Marque] Le scarabée d'or Paris, 1926, Editions René Kieffer, in-8 full beige box, round muted spine, system binding. On the front cover, a black mosaic beetle conceals four magnetized compartments which, when lifted, reveal a mosaic skull and crossbones superimposed on the beetle. Handmade paper guard. Bordered slipcase. Illustrated cover preserved. Ingenious and unique creative binding of perfect technical execution. Signed binding by Sophie Charlot, Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2015 in the bookbinding category. Translation by Charles Baudelaire. 103pp.-1f. 10 hors-texte and 17 in-text illustrations by Louis Marque, woodcut and stencilled in color. Edition of 590 copies, this one being ONE OF 50 HEAD PRINTED ON JAPON INCLUDING A SEQUENCE OF THE ENGRAVINGS AND AN ORIGINAL INEDITED AQUARELLE. Mahé III-136.