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Gigi – Engravings Colored by Hand Created by Mariette Lydis – Paris, 1948

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Gigi, Illustré de 15 pointes sèches de Mariette Lydis. Paris: Georges Guillot, 1948. French.
The novel "Gigi" by Colette, a bibliophilic edition with fifteen hand-colored engravings by Mariette Lydis (1887-1970). Unbound signatures in a cardboard folder. Two additional portfolios – one containing all engravings in black and white and the other contains an additional copy of the title page and pages 1-11, including the engravings. Three portfolios in one wrapper. Copy no. 57/315.
[2] leaves, 93, [1] pp; [2] leaves, 11, [1] pp; [15] engraving plates in black and white, 323 cm. Good condition. Some staining to leaves. Ex-Libris on inner side of binding and on reverse of first leaf of the partial copy.
International and Israeli Art, Bezalel Artworks and Bibliophilia
International and Israeli Art, Bezalel Artworks and Bibliophilia