L'Ane d'Or

Paris: Trois Magots, 1928. First Edition, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Printed cardstock wraps with glassine dust jacket, loosely held in original custom boards with gilt-stamped lettering in burgundy morocco spine label; in slipcase; pp. 298, text printed in two colors on Arches paper, illustrated throughout with b/w line drawings, along with 7 full-color plates and one tipped-in etching. All in near fine condition, with occasional light off-setting of drawings onto facing page. First edition, very limited original printing of 134 copies, comprised of three separate editions of differing paper stocks with different types of illustrations. This one lettered "F," from a select extra hors commerce printing of ten copies. Signed by the editors at Trois Magots, R. Denoel and A. M. Blanche. A lavish production, with wide margins, chapters and pages set in deep orange ink, all on Arches paper, with extraordinary illustrations by the Belgian artist Jean de Brosschere.