DECARIS (Albert) - SAINT-SIMON. - Lot 230

DECARIS (Albert) - SAINT-SIMON. Louis XIV. Paris: Éditions d'Omphale, 1946. - In-4, 322x250: (3 ff. first two blank), 251 pp. (3 ff. first and last blank), illustrated cover. Stiff white parchment à la Bradel, large original composition signed by Decaris on the first cover, depicting a sun appearing in the center of an ornamental window in the style of the 17th century, bearing the author's name and the title of the book on the bottom, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, white parchment spine folder with overlapping bands and slipcase (period binding). Edition of 350 copies plus a few contributor's copies, edited by Henri Creuzevault and illustrated with 38 original copper engravings by Albert DECARIS (1901-1988), including one on the cover, 19 full-page and 3 double-page. One of 300 copies on vergé de Montval, with an autograph letter signed by Decaris on the false title, addressed to Georges Fabre. A superb copy in a contemporary binding with an original composition signed by the artist on the front cover.