Description
FIRST EDITION woodcut ornaments by Carlègle.
ONE OF THE 220 EXAMPLES ON VEALS IN THE SHAPE OF THE Arches paper mills (after 20 ex. on Japan).
COPY ENRICHED WITH 5 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS full-page and tabbed, signed D.J. Allonsius.
Painter, draftsman, sculptor and designer, Daniel Jacques Allonsius (1923 - 1995) was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1940 to 1943, then at the École des Arts Appliqués in Fort-de-France from 1950 to 1951.
Bound in full basane signed René Kieffer with the plates decorated with special irons depicting Athena.
Binding of the period signed René Kieffer. Full rooted basane, smooth spine, gilt long gilt title, flat with special irons figuring Athena, cover and spine preserved.