LINOSSIER (Claudius) - GUÉRIN (Maurice de). - Lot 254

LINOSSIER (Claudius) - GUÉRIN (Maurice de). Le Centaure. Lyon: Le Cercle Gryphe, 1929. - In-4, 287x232: (40 ff. first blank), printed cover. Leaves, filled cover, in wooden slipcase au naturel decorated on the boards with a geometrical composition inspired by Linossier's compositions, including a black T-shaped piece of wood in the center and pieces of white, gray, black and red shagreen, title in black at the bottom of the first board (Box signed Antonio P. N.). Superb art deco work published in only 133 copies, adorned on each page, except for the justification, with a decoration by Lyon brassware maker Claudius LINOSSIER (1893-1953), wood-engraved in black, red and silver by engraver and designer Philippe Burnot (1877-1956). This was the first book published by Le cercle Gryphe, founded in Lyon in 1927; it is also the only book illustrated by Linossier. A copy specially printed for Mr. Paul Sedaillon, not numbered. An original slipcase by Antonio Perez-Noriega, decorated on the boards with a composition inspired by Linossier's drawings, made up of pieces of shagreen in different colors and wood. A very well preserved copy.