A. Suares — Le Livre de L&Apos;Emeraude

Paris, Les Editions d'Art Devambez, 1927. Leather. A beautiful limited edition ode to Brittany, illustrated throughout with detailed engravings, and bound in a morocco binding by Willard. A limited edition work, one of one-hundred and forty copies on Arches vellum, containing the final state of the etchings, numbered sixty-one to two-hundred, of which this is numbered one-hundred and eighty-seven.In the original French.In a stunning signed binding by Willard, the binding dated 1932.Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette to the title page and to the half-title, ten plates, and twenty in-text engravings.Collated, complete.'Le Livre de l'Emeraude' is an ode to Brittany and the Bretons, written as the author was trying to find a place in which he could root his life.The work is a beautiful description of the region, detailed and immensely true to life.Written by Andre Suares, a French poet from Marseilles. He was one of the four pillars of the Nouvelle Revue Francaise.Illustrated by Auguste Brouet, a classical artist who was known for being impervious to the modernist trends of his time. In a full morocco signed binding by Willard. Externally, smart. Minor fading to the spine. A couple of very light marks to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: A. Brouet. Very Good Indeed .