Arthur Rackham - Contes du bon vieux temps. Chaperon Rouge ... [reliure Art Deco] - 1922

Very beautiful Piazza edition in-4 format of this collection of 8 stories by Charles Guyot, composed as unpublished sequels to the fairy tales of Grimm, Perrault, and Andersen.
The author had Arthur RACKHAM's illustrations adorn, which he created at the beginning of the century for the original tales. The edition thus includes 22 original illustrations outside the text, of which 16 are color plates protected by silk tissue with printed captions, printed on coated paper and mounted, along with numerous vignettes within the text.
Framed text with three sanguine borders.

Numbered copy (No. 697) on satin vellum paper, resembles Japanese paper.

Quarto-sized volume bound in a magnificent Art Deco binding in full Morocco blue navy, with covers decorated with geometric motifs in mosaic leather complemented by multiple gold fillets. Matching case.
Covers and spine preserved. Uncropped margins. Interior clean and fresh, binding impeccable, slight scuffs on the edges of the case.

Arthur Rackham was born on September 19, 1867, in London. He initially worked as a journalist for sensational illustrated magazines before being offered contracts to illustrate books. He achieved his first successes with Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving (1904), followed by Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by James Matthew Barrie (1906). His career took a turn with Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1907, as the controversy surrounding this work helped him gain fame. From then on, Arthur Rackham could dedicate himself entirely to book illustration. His works have been the subject of numerous exhibitions, notably at the Louvre in 1914.

Author: RACKHAM (Arthur). GUYOT (Charles).
Spring on Snow and Other Tales of the Good Old Days
Place: Editor, Date: Paris, the art edition, H. Piazza, 1922.
103 pages. 2 pages, complete.
In-4 (31 x 23.5 cm)

Superb Arthur Rackham Tales Piazza 1922 in-4 Art Deco binding.