JOUAS Lot n° 296

Joris-Karl HUYSMANS - Three churches. Original etchings by Ch. JOUAS. Paris, René Kieffer, 1920. In-4, 290 x 195 mm, binding signed by Affolter in jansenist navy morocco, with a large eggplant morocco plate bearing the arms of the Duke of Massa, surrounded by a navy morocco border, moiré silk garance lining, four-ribbed spine, gilt date and title, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, in a bordered slipcase. 163, [5] pp. 21 plates. Text printed in a green frame illustrated with a gothic portal. Edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 etchings outside the text. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies and 10 reserved copies. One of the 20 among the 250 on vélin de Rives, 2nd paper, containing three states of the etchings (n° 22). ENRICHED WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING FOR THE DUKE OF MASSA "CET AIGLE DE NOTRE-DAME" (1921). Mahé, II, 424. A fine copy.