BARBIER, George, illustrator. René BOYLESVE. ~ Le Carosse aux deux lézards verts. Conte de fées. Paris: [Studium for] Éditions de la Guirlande, 1921.
4to (270 × 184 mm), pp. [142], 8 pochoir coloured plated, numerous further pochoir illustrations and ornaments, by Saudé. Early green morocco, gilt, by A. Valat, contrasting red and green marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Spine faded, with loss to upper panel. Internally an excellent copy.
First edition of Boylesve’s modern-day fairytale, with Barbier’s illustrations (the story first appeared in 1920). One of 300 copies (this one on standard paper).
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