LE TANNEUR (Jacques) A l'ombre des platanes.... - Lot 159 - Briscadieu

LE TANNEUR (Jacques) A l'ombre des platanes. Chronicles of the Basque provinces. Preface by Francis JAMMES. Drawings and watercolors by the author. Bordeaux, Picquot, 1932. In-4: 182pp. 1f. (table); color frontispiece, in-text illustrations and color plates by LE TANNEUR. Limited edition of approx. 700 copies, one of the Roman numeral copies (no. XXIII) reserved for friends of the author and publisher, this one on japon with a letter from the author to Mr de Ligoyer, bibliophile. Red Basque crushed chagrin, gilt title and author on spine, publisher's cover preserved, gilt head. In red cardboard slipcase. At the same bookshop, LE TANNEUR illustrated Georges Planes-Burgade's Bordeaux. In 1924, he had published and illustrated Les Heures Bordelaises.