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2. Legrand, Edy
Macao et Cosmage ou L'Experience de Bonheur


Paris: Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1919
Square folio. 54 pp.

A magnificent early example of French Art Deco book illustration with pochoir coloring, printed on Lafuma paper by Bellanand, Fontenay-aux-Roses, colored by hand by Jean Sande. This children's book, written shortly after World War I, is a parable about the despoiling effect modern civilization has had upon the natural world and mankind's originally harmonious place within it.

200/300     SOLD: $162.15

Condition: Overall good only/: covers detached; title plate smudged