MOLIERE. LE SICILIEN. Paris, Société des amis du Livre moder - Lot 315

MOLIERE. LE SICILIEN. Paris, Société des amis du Livre moderne, 1914. Small in-4°, copper raked calf, gilt and black fillets framing the boards, boards lined in fawn calf with framing fillets and large gilt scrolls at the corners, ribbed spine adorned with gilt caissons, brocaded silk endpapers, double guard, gilt edges on witnesses, cover preserved, case (Charles Meunier, 1923). Magnificent color compositions by DRESA, whose real name was André Sagio, curator at the Musée du Louvre. The illustration consists of 5 plates and a large pictorial headband, all in 6 states, including a color breakdown. Edition strictly limited to 150 copies on Japon paper, this one numbered and reserved for a member of the Société des Amis du livre Moderne; it is enriched with a charming original watercolor drawing and the menu bound at the end. A very fine copy in a lined binding by Charles Meunier. ED