MIOMANDRE (Francis de) - BRUNELLESCHI (Umberto). - Lot 578

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MIOMANDRE (Francis de) - BRUNELLESCHI (Umberto). - Lot 578
MIOMANDRE (Francis de) - BRUNELLESCHI (Umberto). The Radjah of Mazulipatam. Paris : Édition Mornay, 1926. - In-8, 210 x 145 : (3 ff. first blank), 223 pp. (2 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, filled cover. First edition printed at 558 numbered copies, forming the twelfth volume of "La collection originale". One of the most beautiful books illustrated by Umberto BRUNELLESCHI, and one of the most sought-after, comprising 71 stencil compositions, including two on the cover and 14 full-page. One of 468 copies on Hollande van Gelder paper (n° 287). Envoi from the illustrator to the collector Georges Foussier, friend of Sacha Guitry, on the false title: Pour monsieur Georges Foussier // avec les sentiments les plus // amicaux // BrunelleschiExemplaire enrichi de la reproduction en noir d'un autoportrait peint de Brunelleschi, dédiée à M. Foussier on the back, an autograph card from the artist addressed to the same, 2 pages in-32 oblong, a L.A.S. from Brunelleschi's wife, 2 pages in-16 on mourning paper, dated 22 March 1949, i.e. hardly more than a month after her husband's death, also addressed to Mr. Foussier, as well as 5 of the 14 full-page figures reproduced in black on glossy paper.
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