Venise. L’encrier rouge esquisses et sonnets au café Quadri. Trente-cinq eaux-fortes dessinées et gravées par Henri Paillard

Paris, Societé des Amis des Livres 1912. (and) Maquette of the book with the original drawings by Henri Paillard. Two volumes. 144, (6) pages with 35 etched vignettes with views of Venice in the text, richly adorned with woodcut initials and borders by and after Henri Paillard and an extra-suite of the etchings on 35 plates.; (2), pages (7)-142 with the full complement of the original pen sketches of the views and designs for borders and initials by Henri Paillard, 35 etched proof plates, heavily reworked with pen heightening, of which 4 pasted onto mounts, and 5 plates with the original pen- and ink and watercolour designs for borders and initials. Uniformly bound set in somewhat later French brown morocco bindings signed Canape et Corriez, on five raised bands, second compartments with gilt stamped title, foot of spine of the published volume with gilt stamped date, maquette volume with gilt stamp "Maquette d'Artist", covers framed by triple blind rules. Red morocco doublures, with a geometrical design of gilt roll-tools, endpapers lined with purple moiré silk. All edges gilt. Publisher's printed wrappers bound in. Housed in two uniformly designed slip-cases with leather lining, all sides covered with multiple coloured marbled fancy paper. 4to (282 x 200 mm). Slip-cases minimally rubbed, both volumes in fine condition.

Carteret IV, 336 ; Monod 9583 ; Flety. Dictionnaire des Relieurs p. 37 (for the Paris based bookbinder Canape who operated under Canape et Corriez from 1927). One of hundred copies, this one no. 79 reserved for the illustrator Henri Paillard (1846-1912). "Tirage unique, a cent exemplaires (planches et bois détruits). L'exemplaire no 1 contient, au lieu des eaux-fortes, les dessins originaux de Paillard. No 79. Offert a M. Henri Paillard" (= imprint of the published volume). Maquette volume with variant imprint "Tirage unique, a cent exemplaires (planches et bois détruits). L'exemplaire no 1 contient, au lieu des eaux-fortes, les dessins originaux de Paillard. No 2 Madame Juliette Adam". Artist's copy with all original art work, and including pen annotations in the maquette regarding sizes and placement by the artist. A wonderful copy in appropriate French masterbindings.