Vera Salomons — Choffard

London, John & Edward Bumpus Ltd. 1912. Cloth. A lovely edition of Choffard by Vera Salomons. A lovely edition of Choffard by Vera Salomons. Of this Edition of Choffard 100 copies only have been printed on Handmade paper, of which this is No. 58. Signed by the author. Illustrated with 32 photogravures from negatives by the author. Pierre-Philippe Choffard, a French draughtsman and engraver, was born in Paris in 1731. While still very young he showed great aptitude for drawing flowers and ornaments, and was placed with an engraver of maps named Dheulland, but he afterwards received lessons from Babel, an engraver of ornaments, and is said to have had also the benefit of the advice of Nicolas Edelinck, Balechou, and Cochin. In a decorative red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt embellishment to the front board. There are ex-library numbers to the spine. Externally, smart with just minor shelfwear. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. There are ex-library labels to the front pastedown and recto of front free end papers. Very Good . Ill.: Vera Salomons. Very Good .