Lot 464
Gigi – Engravings Colored by Hand Created by Mariette Lydis – Paris, 1948
Gigi, Illustré de 15 pointes sèches de Mariette Lydis. Paris: Georges Guillot, 1948. French.
The novel "Gigi" by Colette, a bibliophilic edition with fifteen hand-colored engravings by Mariette Lydis (1887-1970). Unbound signatures in a cardboard folder. Two additional portfolios – one containing all engravings in black and white and the other contains an additional copy of the title page and pages 1-11, including the engravings. Three portfolios in one wrapper. Copy no. 57/315.
[2] leaves, 93, [1] pp; [2] leaves, 11, [1] pp; [15] engraving plates in black and white, 323 cm. Good condition. Some staining to leaves. Ex-Libris on inner side of binding and on reverse of first leaf of the partial copy.
