Pierre Louÿs. Les aventures du Roi Pausole / Illustrations de Brunelleschi. — Paris: L’Estampe Moderne, 1930.

Binding: One volume collated 4to, 27 x 19.4 cm in publisher’s French flapped cream wrappers lettered in blue and black to front and spine. Printed on watermarked laid paper (vergé d’Arches), outer and bottom margins untrimmed.

Front wrapper (blue and black): PIERRE LOUŸS | LES AVENTURES | DU | ROI PAUSOLE | ILLUSTRATIONS DE | BRUNELLESCHI | {publisher’s device «EM»} | PARIS | L’ESTAMPE MODERNE | 1930 ||

Title page: PIERRE LOUŸS | LES AVENTURES | DU | ROI PAUSOLE | CONTENANT | DIX-SEPT ILLUSTRATIONS | EN COULEURS DONT NEUF HORS-TEXTE | PAR | BRUNELLESCHI | {publisher’s device} | PARIS | L’ESTAMPE MODERNE | ÉDITEURS | 14, RUE DE RICHELIEU, 14 | 1930 ||

Collation: 4to; π⁴ (incl. 1^st blank, h.t./limit., t.p., d.t.p.) [1]-41⁴ (last gathering uncut); total 168 leaves plus 9 plates with tissue guards extraneous to collation, incl. frontispiece, stencil-coloured etchings by Gorvel after Brunelleschi.

Pagination: [6] [2] 3-324 [6], total 336 pages, ils.

Limitation: Edition limited to 524 copies, 6 on Japon Impérial, enriched (№ 1-6); 13 on Japon Impérial, enriched (№ 7-19); 30 on Japon Impérial, enriched (№ 20-49); 450 on vergé d’Arches (№ 50-499); 5 on Japon Impérial (№ I-V) not for sale, and 20 on vergé d’Arches (№ VI-XXV) not for sale. This copy is № 300, on vergé d’Arches.

Printed: January 30, 1930, by Coulouma (Argenteuil), plates by Ad. Valcke (Paris), stencil-colouring by J. Saudé.

Contributors:

Pierre Louÿs (French, 1870 – 1925) – author.

Umberto Brunelleschi (Italian, 1879 – 1949) – artist.

Georges Emile Louis Eugene Gorvel (French, 1866 – 1938) – etcher.

Jean Saudé (French, fl. c. 1890 – 1930) – printer (pochoir, stencil)

Coulouma (Argenteuil) – printer

L’Estampe Moderne – publisher.