PARNY (Évariste). - Lot 26

PARNY (Évariste). Madagascan Songs, translated into French by Évariste Parny. Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1920. — In-16, 175 x 118: 38 pp., (4 ff., the last two blank), illustrated cover. Black half-maroquin Bradel binding, transparent Plexiglas covers, plain spine, original cover preserved (Jean Duval). Sylvain Laboureur, Complete Catalog of the Works of Jean-Émile Laboureur, II, pp. 328–329, no. 723. A charming and highly sought-after edition of this collection of Creole songs, translated and published for the first time by Évariste Parny in 1787. It is illustrated with 31 color woodcut vignettes by Jean-Émile LABOUREUR (1877–1943), including 2 on the cover. These vignettes exist in only one version. A unique edition limited to 412 copies on natural jute paper. A perfectly preserved copy, bound by Jean Duval.