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Vettiner produced many illustrations for bibliophile works, among others published by Georges Crès and René Kieffer. Grand Prix d'honneur at the Salon des arts décoratifs in 1923, Vettiner collaborated, in 1931, on the design of the pavilion of the city of Bordeaux intended for the colonial exhibition in Paris, with the architect Raoul Jourde
Printed in 110 numbered copies on specially watermarked Arches tinted vellum, this one n°41 printed for Mr. René Reinig.
In sheets, illustrated folded cover, in cardboard folder and slipcase. - Back of the past case, the rest in very good fresh condition. Partially uncut copy.
Auguste Angellier / Vettiner
To the Lost Friend
Paris, The Bibliophiles of the Faubourg, 1928
in-4 (25 x 19 cm); 265pp.
Subject: Poetry Angellier ill. Bois Vettiner Amie Perdue num. 1928 Bibliophilia 67509517
