La Croisade des Enfants
Paris: Manuel Brucker, 1930. First Edition. Wraps. Signed. Fine. Item #5185
4to. (330 x 226 mm) 2 vols. 17 illustrations (8 plates and 9 headpieces). Loose gatherings in the original printed wrappers, with printed titles to the front covers, with the mark of the "Flowered Heart" the Latin motto: Insita cruce, cor floret, borrowed from the legend of Tristan and Isolde. Colophon and title page with the same device. Edition of 110 copies, 10 being reserved for staff. 100 copies on arches vellum, signed and numbered by the artist. An original drawing, signed by Jean-Gabriel Daragnes and an additional suite of the wood engravings were issued with the first 16 copies. This is copy number 5, with the suite of 69 additional engravings in matching wrappers, and the original pencil drawing, housed in a brown card chemise with a quarter vellum spine with gilt lettering and the "Flowered Heart" device to the heel. Gilt on chemise dulled or perished, slipcase with wear to the edges but the contents in fine condition.
Price (CAD): $2,000.00