MERRY (Jo) / SALLENGRES (A.-H.). - Lot 57

MERRY (Jo) / SALLENGRES (A.-H.). Éloge de l'ivresse. Illustrations by Jo Merry. Published especially for the Confrérie des chevaliers du Tastevin Couronne, 1945; in-4 (30x25 cm), brown morocco mosaic and relief of non-linear and geometrical motifs on the boards, mobile agate turning on itself in the center of the first board and counter board, paper lining and endpaper, title, smooth spine, cover and spine. Magnetic flap case, lined brown half morocco with corners. 230 tabbed pages, with 98 in- and out-of-text color illustrations, frontispiece and a suite of six etchings (loose-leaf etchings separately). Edition of 700 numbered copies on vélin chiffon du Marais, this one of 350 numbered copies. Binding by Béatrice Algrin.