CHIMOT (Émile) - PATORNI (Aurèle). - Lot 106

CHIMOT (Émile) - PATORNI (Aurèle). The Fool. Poems. Illustrated edition by Édouard Chimot. Paris : Aux dépens des auteurs, [1921]. - Large in-8, 278 x 178 : frontispiece, 72 pp, (2 ff. last blank), 5 plates, printed cover. Grey-green morocco, stylized frame of three gilt fillets on the boards, decorated with mosaic ivy leaves at the corners, smooth spine decorated in the same spirit, grey-green morocco frame, decorated with three gilt fillets decorated with mosaic ivy leaves at the corners, grey moiré silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover preserved, case (Farez) First edition of this collection of poems by Aurèle Patorni (1880-1955) writer, journalist and lyricist, notably known for his pacifist convictions. The illustration realized by Édouard CHIMOT (1880-1959), rather free, is constituted of 6 one-color woodcuts in the text as well as of 6 etchings out of text, most of them in colors, including a frontispiece, all protected by a captioned serpente. Limited edition of 245 copies, this one of 150 on Arches vellum. A charming copy in a mosaic binding of the period, signed by Farez, Carayon's successor in 1909 who practiced until 1930. Small rubbings on the first plate and on the top of the spine. Spine slightly faded.