SAMAIN (Albert) and SOLOMKO (Serge de). Aux flancs du vase. - Lot 275

SAMAIN (Albert) and SOLOMKO (Serge de). Aux flancs du vase. Twenty-six hors-texte by Serge de Solomko etched by Edmond Pennequin. A very fine first copy on large Japon paper, containing 4 states of the etchings, including 1 state in color, as well as an original watercolor by Serge de Solomko, in an elegant mosaic binding by Laurent Peeters. Paris, Librairie des amateurs, 1922. In-4 (200x260 mm), fawn half-maroquin with corners edged with gold fillet, 4-nerved spine outlined with stippling and framed with cold fillets extending over the boards, gilt and mosaic floral decoration in red and brown morocco on the entrenerfs, author and title in gilt letters, date at foot, bookbinder's monogram "L.P." cold-stamped on the second board, gilt head on witnesses, illustrated covers and spine preserved (L. Peeters). 108 pages, 1 frontispiece and 25 hors-texte by Serge de Solomko, etched by Edmond Pennequin, title in red and black with colored vignette, illustrations in black in the text at the head of the chapters and in caps. Slight rubbing to spines and corners. A charming edition of this collection of 25 elegiac poems by the French Symbolist poet Albert Samain (1858-1900), decorated with 26 delicate compositions, some of them erotic, by Sergei Solomko, known as "Serge de Solomko" (1867-1928), a Russian illustrator and watercolorist who lived partly in France. Limited edition of 520 numbered copies, this one of the first 30 on large Japon (N°19) reprinted, containing 4 states of the etchings, including 1 state in color, as well as an original watercolor by Serge de Solomko. A pleasant copy, perfectly established by Laurent Peeters.