Raoul Ponchon; Carlegle - Raoul PONCHON & CARLÈGLE - Fantaisies et Moralités - 1935 - Édition Originale Limitée & Numérotée - 1935

SUPERB EXAMPLE OF BIBLIOPHILIA NUMBERED ON LARGE ARCHE'S VELIN VELLUM

[DESCRIPTIVE OF THE WORK]
Rare original edition of the collection "Fantaisies et Moralités" by the poet and academic Raoul Ponchon (1848-1937), published in Paris in 1935 under the aegis of the prestigious closed society "Les Bibliophiles du Cornet".

The work was entirely printed on the hand presses of renowned master printers Aimé Fequet and Pierre Baudier, completed on Tuesday, June 18, 1935.

[ILLUSTRATIONS]
The book is magnificently adorned with an autographic portrait of Raoul Ponchon on the frontispiece, as well as 65 original wood engravings and etchings hand-engraved by the Swiss-French artist Carlègle (Charles Émile Egli, 1877-1937), famous for his lively lines and scenes of manners infused with an elegant and subtle eroticism.

[PRINT RUN JUSTIFICATION & RARITY]
Total print run strictly limited to only 175 numbered copies.
This copy bears No. 65, part of the 150 copies printed on luxuriously large Arches Velin paper, specifically reserved for active members and direct collaborators of the Society.

[CONDITION AND BINDING]
- Format: Large 4to (30 x 21 cm), 194 pages.
- Binding: Complete volume "in sheets" (as issued), protected under its original printed and gilted cover.
- Protection: The whole is inserted in its publisher’s orange-yellow cardboard slipcase with a smooth spine and slipped into its matching yellowish-brown cardboard case.
- General condition: Very good. The interior is in excellent condition, the Arches Velin paper has retained its superb rigidity. The antique case shows natural signs of use (slight edge wear, normal scorching on the cardboard), having perfectly fulfilled its protective role.

A collectible piece of choice, complete and entirely original, highly representative of the great French illustrated edition of the interwar period."