[BOOKBINDINGS by Geneviève de LEOTARD. UCAD]. - Lot 204

[BOOKBINDINGS by Geneviève de LEOTARD. UCAD]. LOT of 6 modern bindings, including 2 signed by Geneviève de LEOTARD and others attributable to LEOTARD A few minor scuff marks, but otherwise good copies. - BARBIER. DE BRIMONT. Mirages. Paris: Emile-Paul Frères, 1919. In-12, cream morocco leather of the period, smooth spine with decoration, black title label, bouquet in a mosaic vase on the upper cover, inner covers framed by a gilt fillet with gilt fleur-de-lis on black morocco leather with mosaic patterns at the corners, original dust jacket preserved, in a marbled slipcase (spine faded). Copy No. 493, one of 500 copies printed on Voiron-style paper. - HEINE, Maurice. *La Mort posthume* (*Excavations at Antinoë*), 1917. Square 8vo, lemon-colored morocco with 4 faux ribs on the spine, blue author’s and title labels, blue-pink mosaic pattern within a medallion of 3 gilt fillets (spine and covers faded, top cap torn off, leather wear at the edges and lower covers) Copy No. 134, one of 150 printed on Holland paper. - BONFILS. VERLAINE, Paul. *Fêtes galantes*. Paris, Librairie Albert Messein, 1915. In-8, 104 pp., period lilac morocco, spine with 5 raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised gilded fillets on the edges and framing the cut-outs, emerald silk endpapers, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, in a domino-patterned paper slipcase (spine faded). Illustrations printed in blue and enhanced with watercolor. Copy No. 363 (one of 500 on vellum in the “Forme” format). - DULAC, Edmond. Princess Badourah, a tale from the Thousand and One Nights. Paris, L’Edition d’Art H. Piazza, 1914. In-4, 114-(3) pp., 10 plates, sea-green morocco, two triple raised bands, gilt title, mosaic vase in the center of the upper cover, a set of semicircles and gold dots bordering the raised bands and the covers, double framing of a double gold fillet with pieces of mosaic-patterned pink morocco leather at the corners, double endpapers of marbled paper, gilt head, original cover preserved [G. de Léotard] (spine faded). - DULAC, Edmond. Sinbad the Sailor and Other Tales from the Thousand and One Nights. Paris, H. Piazza, L’Edition d’Art, 1919. In-4, period mustard-colored morocco, spine with two triple raised bands, gilt title, mosaic wheat stalks on the upper cover, gold fillet on the edges, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved (spine faded, small scuffs on the raised bands and upper corner) -BRUNELLESCHI. MUSSET, Alfred de. A Venetian Night, Fantasio, The Caprices of Marianne. Paris, L’Edition d’Art H. Piazza, 1913. In-4, period lilac morocco, spine with 5 raised bands, panels decorated with mosaic bouquets, gilt title, mosaic floral design on the upper cover, gilded fillet on the edges, frame with mosaic fleurons at the corners on the endpapers, gilded head (spine faded, minor scuffs and wear). Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller and lover of bookbindings, a flutist, and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, frequented both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the Decorative Arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were staged primarily in the Paris region.