by BOUCHER, ERNEST-LUCIEN.
Paris (Marcel Séheur, Éditeur), [1920].. (46)ff. Prof. illus., with 24 full-page plates and illustrations and decoration throughout, all elaborately finished in colors by hand. Text calligraphically set from manuscript. All leaves hinged on stubs into the binding, as issued. 4to. Dec. boards, designed by the artist. New fitted board slipcase. Édition de tête: one of 24 copies containing the original watercolor for one of the full-page plates, from the limited edition of 175 copies on heavy wove papier de luxe. In this copy, the watercolor is La fenêtre fleurie, showing a lavish flowering plant encircling the window of a war camp shed.
Renowned illustrator later known for his iconic designs for Air France, Boucher had served in the trenches with the French Army in World War I. These images are testimony to his time as prisoner at the Mersenburg camp in Saxony, along with Mario Mounier, and the publisher, Marcel Seheur. The preface was written by novelist Pierre Mac Orlan. (Inventory #: B173445-1)
Renowned illustrator later known for his iconic designs for Air France, Boucher had served in the trenches with the French Army in World War I. These images are testimony to his time as prisoner at the Mersenburg camp in Saxony, along with Mario Mounier, and the publisher, Marcel Seheur. The preface was written by novelist Pierre Mac Orlan. (Inventory #: B173445-1)
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