CARRÉ (Léon) - BARRUCAND (Victor). The Terracotta Chariot. From the Indian play attributed to King Soudraka. Paris: H. Piazza, [1921]. - In-4, 294 x 229 : 114 pp. 2 ff. 20 plates, illustrated cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated with gilt and mosaic motifs, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (period binding). New edition of Victor Barrucand's adaptation of this play, illustrated with colour ornaments on each page of the text and 20 superb colour compositions out of text by the painter Léon CARRÉ (1878-1942). Edition at 910 copies; this one is one of 135 on japon impérial with a black suite of the hors-texts on vellum. A very fine copy.
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€400 - €500
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€1,000
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CARRÉ (Léon) - BARRUCAND (Victor).
The Terracotta Chariot. From the Indian play attributed to King Soudraka.
Paris: H. Piazza, [1921]. - In-4, 294 x 229 : 114 pp. 2 ff. 20 plates, illustrated cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated with gilt and mosaic motifs, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (period binding).
New edition of Victor Barrucand's adaptation of this play, illustrated with colour ornaments on each page of the text and 20 superb colour compositions out of text by the painter Léon CARRÉ (1878-1942).
Edition at 910 copies; this one is one of 135 on japon impérial with a black suite of the hors-texts on vellum.
A very fine copy.
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