[LEGRAIN (Pierre)]. - Lot 146

[LEGRAIN (Pierre)]. Pierre Legrain bookbinder. Descriptive and bibliographical directory of one thousand two hundred and thirty-six bindings. Introduction by Professor Jacques Millot. Studies on the work and the man by Jacques Anthoine-Legrain, Georges Blaizot, Robert Bonfils, Marie Dormoy, Jacques Guignard. Paris: Librairie Auguste Blaizot, 1965. - In-4, leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. Reference bibliography devoted to the famous bookbinder Pierre Legrain, published under the aegis of the Société de la reliure originale and printed in an edition of 620 copies. It is illustrated with 243 heliogravure reproductions and 7 color plates. One of 500 numbered copies in Arabic numerals, very well preserved.