THE HISTORY OF ZADIG, OR DESTINY
Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Sylvain Sauvage. Hardcover. Octavo (6-1/2" x 8-1/2") bound in brown linen on which a psuedo-oriental design is deposited in gold through silk screens, the title stamped in gold on a blue leather spine label; the slipcase covered with gold paper lithographed in brown; 174 pages. Copy #1307 of 1500 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and illustrated with more than one hundred drawings in the oriental manner by Sylvain Sauvage, printed in collotype and hand-colored by Etienne Giradot. A number of the illustrations are of a mildly erotic nature. Issued unsigned after the artist's death. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Charming book. Item #013815
Price: $60.00