Binding—Paul Valéry | Essai sur Stendhal, Paris, 1927, designer binding by Pierre Legrain

Paul Valéry

Essai sur Stendhal. Paris: Jacques Schiffrin, Editions de la Pleiade, 1927.

LIMITED EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, 4to (241 x 173 mm), inscribed ("Exemplaire de | Madame Georges Blumenthal | Stendhal... rend ton lecteur fier de l'être. | Paul Valéry"), title page in blue and black, brown morocco binding by Pierre Legrain, blue and black morocco oblong inlays, gilt and silver lettering and detailing, blue suede doublures, deckled edges, marbled free endpapers, housed in marbled slipcase

Of a total edition of 341, the present copy is number VI of 30 subscriber-only copies printed on velin à la cuve and bound "sous couverture spéciale".

PROVENANCE:

Dr. [Isidore?] Simon, of Marseille: booklabel ("Bibliothèque Bastide de la Pomme") pasted upside-down to rear endpaper