(1928). DIDEROT (Denis). JACQUES LE FATALISTE ET SON MAITRE. - Lot 210

(1928). DIDEROT (Denis). JACQUES LE FATALISTE ET SON MAITRE. Paris, Javal et Bourdeaux, 1928. 2 volumes in-4°, ultramarine blue half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, cover and spine, slipcases (Manuel Gérard). Illustrated with 15 18th-century copper-engraved watercolors by RENE LELONG. Edition of 490 copies, this being one of 15 numbered copies on ANCIENT JAPAN, with the following supplements: 1 color suite with remarks, 1 bistre suite, 1 blue suite, 1 black suite and 1 two- or three-color suite, plus the breakdown of one plate. Enriched with an ORIGINAL DRAWING in color signed by the artist. Spine faded, otherwise a fine copy in a morocco binding signed by Manuel Gérard, bookbinder from 1942 to 1950.