Georges ( illustrator ); Théophile GAUTIER. Le Roman de la momie. Compositions de George Barbier, gravées sur bois par Gasperini.

by BARBIER

£1,500 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

The Mummy Speaks – an Art Deco Masterpiece BARBIER, Georges ( illustrator ); Théophile GAUTIER. Le Roman de la momie. Compositions de George Barbier, gravées sur bois par Gasperini. Paris: A G Mornay . 1929. 8vo. Original pictorial paper wrappers with fold-over flaps, with glassine dust jacket; pp. [6], 323, [1], untrimmed, with colour illustrations by Barbier, wood-engraved by Emile Gasperini (including frontispiece, title page, chapter headings, tail pieces and illustrations in the text); light shelf wear to spine ends, corners a little bumped, spine and top edge of rear wrapper gently toned, else a near-fine, bright copy; printed publisher’s note loosely inserted.8vo. Original pictorial wrappers by Gasperini after Barbier with fold-over flaps, with glassine dust-jacket, partially untrimmed; pp. [vi], 325, [2 (colophon, blank)]; over 30 wood-engraved illustrations by Gasperini after Barbier (including frontispiece, title-page, head- and tailpieces, initials, and in-text illustrations); spine lightly bumped at head and foot, slight wear to corners, spine and head of rear wrapper lightly toned; else a near-fine, bright copy; printed bifolium (quire 21) and printed publisher’s note on green paper loosely inserted ( see below ). Uncommon first edition of Gautier’s novel – set partly in the nineteenth century and partly in ancient Egypt – to be illustrated by Georges Barbier, no. 289 of 834 copies printed on Rives paper, from a total edition of 1091. Le Roman de la momie follows

• Binding: Hardcover

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