Signé; Edmond Heuzé; Gaston Couté - La Chanson d'un Gas qu'a mal tourné [1/115 avec deux lithographies originales] - 1951

Very beautiful illustrated edition of this collection of 39 songs in Solognese dialect by Gaston Couté, adorned with 52 original color lithographs by the painter Edmond Heuzé (1883-1967).

Work published for the Société des Amis des Livres, printed in only 115 copies on fine vellum paper (unspecified). This one bears the number 55, printed for Monsieur Henri Bonnasse (1899–1984).

Enriched with two menus from 1950 and 1951, each illustrated with original color lithographs numbered 34/60 and 8/150 respectively, signed by the artist.

Pages, with a printed embossed cover in red, double brown casing. In very good condition. Faded dust jacket, slightly browned cover, clean and fresh interior, slight transfer of engravings on some pages. A fine copy.

HEUZE (Edmond) - COUTE (Gaston)
The Song of a Guy Who Went Wrong. Original lithographs by Edmond Heuzé, Member of the Institute.
Edited by P., Société des Amis des Livres, 1951.
1 volume. in-4° (295 x 225 mm); 193 pages

Gaston Couté (Beaugency, Loiret, 1880–1911) was a libertarian poet and singer-songwriter, known for his anti-militarist, social, and anarchist texts, sometimes using the Beauce dialect or slang.