Paul Margueritte / Henri Zo - A la mer [1/200 num. sur vélin ; reliure de Durvand] - 1906

Original illustrated edition including numerous compositions by Henri A. Zo, engraved on wood by Gaspé and Piselli.
Limited edition of 350 copies, this one numbered 285 on vélin de cuve paper.

Well established in a binding signed Durvand, half yellow morocco, smooth spine decorated with a mosaic and gilded composition surmounted by the title and author in small tools. Gilt head. First cover preserved.

Condition: binding of very beautiful appearance, impeccable interior. Very beautiful uncut copy, in excellent condition.

Henri-Achille Zo (Bayonne, 1873 - Onesse-Laharie, 1933), painter and illustrator, notably shared with his father, co-initiator of the Bayonne school, a common theme: scenes of Spain and bullfighting.

Paul Margueritte (Laghouat, Algeria, 1860 - Hossegor (Soorts-Hossegor), 1918), writer, brother of Victor Margueritte, was among the ten founding members of the Académie Goncourt. He joined his brother in the fight for equality and women's rights. He notably published on this subject Adam, Eve, and Brid'oison. A proponent of naturalism, he wrote various novels in the genre: Tous Quatre, La Confession posthume, Pascal Géfosse, and Jours d'épreuves.

À la Mer is a delicate, sensitive story that accurately depicts the diffuse emotions of childhood and summer discoveries by the ocean.

Paul Margueritte / Henri Zo
To the sea
Paris, Librairie de la Collection des Dix, 1906
in-8 (21 x 14 cm); 62 pages. 1 leaf.