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  • Seller image for Virgile La Fille D'Auberge -Copa- Precedee d'un Avertissement et traduite en Francais par Henri Focillon avec les gravures sur bois originales de Carlegle. [Hedwige Gendebien bookbinding]. for sale by Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.

    Gendebien, Hedwige (bookbinder) & Virgil & Carlegle (illustrator).

    Published by A Paris Chez L'Imprimeur Leon Pichon 5, rue Christine, 5 MCMXVIII (1918). Number 270 of a total of 376 copies., 1918

    Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.

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    Condition: Fine

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    Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 270 of a total of 376 copies. [Colophon]: Le tirage de cette edition, acheve le vingt Novembre mil neuf cent dix-huit sur les presses de l'Imprimeur Leon Pichon a ete limite a: Un exemplaire sur grand velin De La Rue, portant le numero 1; Quinze exemplaires sur japon ancien a la forme, numerotes de 2 a 16; Vingt exemplaires sur verge du Japon, numerotes de 17 a 36; Quarante-cinq exemplaires sur chine, numerotes de 37 a 81; Deux cent quatre-vingt-quinze exemplaires sur velin a la cuve des Papeteries d'Arches, numerotes de 82 a 376 [this copy is in this series] Exemplaire No 270. Size of binding: 6 ¼ x 8 ¾ ", 24pp. + colophon; woodcuts/engravings by Carlegle, are the illustrations, head & tailpieces; initial letters, headings printed in red. Handcrafted bookbinding by Belgian, design bookbinder, Hedwige Gendebien. Book is bound in a dark olive green, crushed morocco leather with author's name & title gilt vertically on spine & date 1918 at foot of spine; both front & back covers feature an "art moderne" geometric style, Mondrian-like design over nearly the entire surface of the panels; the design is constructed of various colored rectangles & strips of a plastic coated, paper onlay in green, olive green, lavender, flesh-tone & black. Light pink/rose toned, coated paper onlay over the inner leather surfaces & matching endpapers; bookbinder's gilt stamp: H. Gendebien in lower front leather turn-in; top edge gilt, headbands. 1918 book pages show a few, scattered age-related tan spots, untrimmed edges show tanning. Plastic coated onlays show a few very light, small scratches. Overall, in fine condition. Material on Hedwige Gendebien can be found in: Georges Bernard/Wittockiana; "La Reliure D'Art dans le Benelux" & "Cinq annees de dons a la Wittockiana". Some of her work was exhibited at the Wittockiana in the 1980's. Examples of her bindings are rare in the USA. (French & Latin text).