BRUNELLESCHI (Umberto) - DORSENNE (Jean). - Lot 178

BRUNELLESCHI (Umberto) - DORSENNE (Jean). It was the evening of the Gods. Paris : Éditions Mornay, 1926. - In-8, 207 x 160 : (2 ff.), 232 pp., (2 ff.), 12 plates, illustrated cover. Green morocco, listel and abstract composition representing a landscape, mosaicked in maroquins in yellow and orange tones on the first cover, small listel and semi-circle representing a sunset, mosaicked in orange tones in the centre of the second cover, smooth spine, multicoloured paper lining and endpapers, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, lined case (N. Allainmat, 2012). Beautiful edition illustrated with 12 hors texte compositions by Umberto BRUNELLESCHI (1879-1949), engraved on copper by Gorvel, as well as numerous Tahitian ornaments by Maurice L'Hoir, all stencilled by Saudé. One of 350 numbered copies on Hollande à la forme, in an elegant binding signed by Norbert Allainmat, very well preserved.