DAUDET (Alphonse) and BRISSAUD (Pierre). Les Contes du lundi - Lot 130

DAUDET (Alphonse) and BRISSAUD (Pierre). Les Contes du lundi. Illustrated with fourteen original color etchings engraved by Pierre Brissaud. Elegant binding by Lehaye adorned with a charming color mosaic on the first board; one of the first 25 copies on Japon (N°5) enriched with an original drawing by Lehaye used to model the binding, accompanied by 4 states of the etchings and an original watercolor in color signed by Pierre Brissaud. Paris, Les Éditions d'Art Devambez, 1928. In-4 (225x280 mm), ebony morocco, spine with 4 faux-nerfs decorated with the author's name and title in palladium, mosaic signed Lehaye inlaid in the center of the first plate in a silver frame, depicting a snowy landscape with a cannon, a stream, trees and a village in multicolored morocco, silver fillet on the edges, interior framing of six gilded fillets and a fillet interspersed with palladium spheres, "Lehaye" signature in the leather, chocolate moiré silk lining and endpapers, double endpapers, gilded edges on witnesses, covers and spine preserved, lined case (Lehaye). 231 pages, 14 original color etchings engraved by Pierre Brissaud, including 1 frontispiece, 11 hors-texte and 2 headpieces. Minor rubbing to spines and corner of second board, slight wear to slipcase. Fine edition of this famous collection by Alphonse Daudet, inspired by the events of the Franco-Prussian War, illustrated with 14 original color etchings by painter and illustrator Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964). Limited edition of 406 copies, this one of the first 25 on Japon à la forme (N°5) after a unique copy, containing 4 states of the etchings (first state, second state with remarks in black, state with remarks in color, final state) and an original watercolor in color signed by Pierre Brissaud and dated 1928 (10x15 cm), showing an infantryman resting, his hands resting on his rifle. It is further enhanced by an original color drawing signed by Lehaye, which served as a model for the mosaic on the binding. Bookplate of "Robert Nossam" (Robert Masson) on the first white endpaper. Very fine binding signed by Lehaye, with a charming winter landscape mosaic on the front cover.