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Lot n° 284

LEVINSON André

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Histoire de Léon Bakst, published by the Société d'Éditions et de Librairie Henri Reynaud, Paris, 1924, first edition, limited edition of 345 copies, this one bearing the n°189 of 160 copies on Arches white vellum paper, large folio (360 x 290 cm), 242 pages, numerous illustrations of reproductions of gouaches, costumes, projects, sketches and models of sets by the Russian artist, including 68 plates out of the text in colour or monochrome, applied on a tinted background, under captioned serpents, including a portrait of Bakst by Modigliani in the opening, and numerous illustrations in the text, monochrome or in colour, half-bound in blue morocco, spine ribbed and decorated with gold stylised motifs, title in red morocco, title in gold letters. Time wear and tear