Genevoix (Maurice) - Méheut (Mathurin) Raboliot. Cercle pari - Lot 149

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Genevoix (Maurice) - Méheut (Mathurin) Raboliot. Cercle pari - Lot 149
Genevoix (Maurice) - Méheut (Mathurin) Raboliot. Cercle parisien du livre, 1927. 2 volumes, large quarto, bound in full red morocco with a cardboard slipcase covered in red percaline. Spined with green morocco title and volume number labels, decorative ironwork in the panels, and a crowned monogram at the bottom. Gilded head; front cover framed by a gilded garland depicting a hunting scene. Red moiré endpapers and a gilded garland framing the back covers. Binder: Arias Hijo in Madrid. Covers preserved without the spine. Copy number 99, printed for Monsieur de Villaine, a member of the Parisian Book Club. A rare work with a print run of only 132 copies. In the second volume, which is in the form of a portfolio, there is a series of color plate separations numbered 5/15, as well as a paper folder containing: - 1 small folder with two menus from the Parisian Book Circle, each featuring a woodcut by Mathurin Méheut on the cover, printed in black or bistre; the first, numbered 37/100, is dated March 17, 1927, the second, numbered 2/59, dated March 29, 1927. 1 large charcoal sketch in black and color, unsigned, depicting fish. 1 color gouache depicting a forest undergrowth, signed, though this appears to have been added later. 2 sheets with about ten small drawings in black India ink, depicting mushrooms, chestnuts, flowers, etc. 5 original charcoal sketches, in black or orange, unsigned, which were used to create the woodcuts for the book. All of these unsigned originals are likely by Mathurin Méheut.
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