AXA (Zo d'). - Lot 37

AXA (Zo d'). From Mazas to Jerusalem. Paris: Chamuel, 1895. - In-18, brown half-maroquin, ribbed spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (period binding). First edition of Zo d'Axa's masterpiece, of which no large-print copies were made. It is illustrated with 6 headpieces and a cul-de-lampe after drawings by Lucien Pissarro, Steinlen and Félix Vallotton. The cover, here preserved in one piece, features a color composition by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen. EDMOND DE GONCOURT'S EXAMPLE, enriched with this autograph letter signed by the author on the false title: "pour Edmond de Goncourt // hommage de // Zo d'Axa." Spine rebacked, some traces of wear rubbing. Tears and restorations to cover. Tears on inner edge of false title. Leaves browned and brittle. Provenance: Edmond de Goncourt, with a letter from the author.