Lot n° 9
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Set of 5 *Enfantina* editions with illustrated plates: - Lot 9
Set of 5 *Enfantina* editions with illustrated plates:
1/ - Udine, Jean d'. - *La Belle musique*. Paris, Devambez and Heugel & Cie, 1908. Large 8vo, percaline binding; front cover illustrated with a gilt composition by André Devambez; spine decorated with a musical staff; gilt head; filled covers preserved—84 pp. Text calligraphied by the author and illustrated by Devambez with in-t drawings and 4 beautiful h-t color compositions.
2/ - Goron, Marie-François. *Memoirs of Poum, the Police Dog*. Paris, Flammarion, 1913. Large 8vo, percaline with a green background, central vignette on a gold background featuring the dog’s head, spine adorned with a gilded bulldog’s head—[2 ff.], 393 pp. Illustrated with 19 full-page black-and-white compositions by Marin Baldo.
3/ - Hogson Burnett, Frances. - The Little Lord. Paris, Delagrave, 1935. Quarto, publisher’s percaline with a green background; the front cover decorated with a large gilt plate by Paul Souze depicting the little lord writing, with his dog at his feet (based on the illustration on page 141); spine adorned with the little lord followed by a band of boys - [2 ff.], 299 pp. Illustrated with 10 black-and-white plates by A. Birch.
4/ - Dillaye, Frédéric. - Children’s Games: Their Origin, History, and the Rules Governing Them. Paris, Libr. Hachette et Cie, 1885. Large 8vo, publisher’s cloth binding with a red background; the front cover adorned with a large gilt plate by A. Souze featuring numerous depictions of game equipment (racket, cricket bat, checkerboard, cards, skittles, spinning top, bow, fishing rod, kite, stilts, sword, foil, hoop, croquet mallet, boules), decorated spine (string with hands, hourglass, ice skate, fish), gilt edges— [3 ff.], IV, 459 pp. Illustrated with 203 woodcuts. A very interesting study of more than 40 game themes, described along with their history and variations.
6/ - Carpentier, Émilie. - The Twins of Lusignan, or the Grandsons of Melusine. Paris, A. Hatier, [c.1900]. In-8, publisher’s percaline with a red spine decorated with a gold and silver plaque (N. Laghtchiver) depicting the two brothers and Melusine, gilt edges—237 pp., [1 f. table]. Illustrated with 6 wood engravings and 18 compositions by E. Mas, including 3 full-page illustrations.
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