Description
A limited edition copy of King of Camargue by Jean Aicard, decorated with a fine binding and fore-edge painting.
Thick octavo, 349pp. Full orange morocco, gilt emblem stamped to both covers. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, with gilt-embellished morocco and silk endpapers. Solid text block, light rubbing to edges of binding. Gilt is scuffed and silk endpapers are fraying slightly. Internally clean, overall a near fine copy.
With 14 full-page plates, including frontispiece, each protected with a tissue guard. Each plate was produced in four formats: in bistre on Japanese paper, on paper de Chine, on India paper impressed to Japanese vellum, and in color on Dutch paper. This is one of five copies specially bound for Mrs. W.J. White of Cleveland, Ohio.
The somewhat faint fore-edge painting depicts a woman reaching up to tame a horse, artist unknown.
