SAMAIN, Albert, and GIRALDON, Adolphe. *Au Jardin de l'Infan - Lot 281

SAMAIN, Albert, and GIRALDON, Adolphe. *Au Jardin de l'Infante*. Followed by several poems. A beautiful, ornate edition illustrated with 26 color woodcuts based on works by Adolphe Giraldon. One of the 50 reprinted copies, this one in a signed binding in full green morocco. Paris, A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, 1920. In-8, full spinach-green coarse-grained morocco, ribbed spine adorned with gilt title, gilt inner frieze, double gilt fillet at the cuts, guilloché caps, gilt edges on endpapers, covers with color vignettes and spine intact. Binding signed “Pinardon.” 187 pp., 27 woodcut illustrations enhanced with color, including a frontispiece. Spine slightly sun-faded, some light wear from handling, a discreet stain on the second cover. Edition featuring ornate text on every page and illustrated with 27 woodcuts based on works by Adolphe Giraldon (1855–1933). Limited edition of 1,050 copies; this is one of 50 additional copies reprinted in in-8 format on large Arches vellum (No. XX), containing a double set of illustrations, one of which is in black and white. All of Adolphe Giraldon’s compositions were woodcut by Ernest-Pierre Deloche (1861–1950), best known for designing several banknotes for the Banque de France and the Banque d’Indochine. In very good condition, in a simple and elegant signed binding.