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Gautier.Émaux et Camées,1/5,IRobinson b'g,1927

number II of V copies on Japon and inscribed "imprimé pour S.H. de Roos en reconnaissance pour sa collaboration C.Nypels Noel 1927" on colophon, from an edition limited to 505, printed in red and black in Erasmus Mediaeval, title monogram and initials by de Roos, bound in red goatskin, by Ivor Robinson, tooled in gilt with abstract shape at an angle across upper cover, spine and part of lower cover, spine titled in gilt at head, red goatskin doublures, dark red suede flyleaves, g.e., signed and dated "IR 90" at foot of rear doublure, black goatskin-backed cloth chemise, spine very slightly faded, with early proof of title with monogram in red crayon by Nypels and note by him and Pc.s. from the binder loose in cloth portfolio, together in cloth slip-case, 8vo, 196 x 124mm., Paris, La Connaissance, 1927.

***Comparing Nypels' design for the title monogram with that of de Roos makes clear the latter's superior talent. Exhibited: The Art of the Contemporary Bookbinding, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague; Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, 1997, p.120, repr..

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