SAND, George, and GIRARD, Daniel. *La Petite Fadette*. - Lot 282

SAND, George, and GIRARD, Daniel. *La Petite Fadette*. One of the first 25 copies printed on Imperial Japan paper, including an original watercolor by Daniel Girard and a triple set of lithographs, in a lovely binding with mosaic decoration by Charles Septier. Paris, A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, Successor, 1938. In-8, full caramel morocco, spine with four false raised bands adorned with the title in gold and a large central mosaic fleur-de-lis, interior edges in the same morocco featuring a gold-embossed border punctuated by the same mosaic fleur-de-lis, gilded fillet with cutouts, guilloché caps, gilt edges, illustrated covers and spine preserved, in a bordered slipcase. Binding signed by Charles Septier. 239 pp., 30 lithographs. Minimal scuffing on the slipcase. Illustrated edition featuring 30 original lithographs by Daniel Girard (1890–1970). Limited edition of 1,565 copies; this one being one of the 25 numbered head copies on Imperial Japan paper (No. 22), complete with the artist’s signed original watercolor and the triple set of all lithographs with a note (in color in the text and at the end, in black, and in a single-color version). The copy is in excellent condition, in a binding perfectly executed by Charles Septier, a prominent bookbinder of the interwar period who remained active until 1958.