Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

106 c   ALLIER, PAUL. Les Quatres Saisons. 4 highly colorful pochoirs depicting two girls sporting the fashions of the four seasons. Folio, each image 280x360 mm; 11x14 1 / 4 inches, sheets, loose with no text as issued, in publisher’s decoratedwrappers, light soft crease to front cover; faint magenta ink in right and lower margin of autumn plate and to right margin in summer plate (printer’s f law). numbered 220 of 1000 and signed by allier in pencil on inside rear cover as issued . Paris: Galerie Lutétia, circa 1925 [1,000/1,500] 106 107 108 107 c   ARNOUX, GUY / COSTUME. Les Caractères, observés par un vieux philosophe du haut de sa fenêtre. Title-page vignette and 12 printed illustrations of amusing 18th-century court characters, with watercoloring applied. Oblong 4to, publisher’s f loral- patterned cloth with printed paper cover label, spine and edges toned and rubbed, slight loss with minor restoration to ends; hinges starting. number 48 of 475 copies on Arches paper, from a total edition of 500. Paris: Devambez, circa 1930   [200/300] 108 c   BAKST, LÉON. The Designs of Léon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess. Preface by André Levinson. Portrait of Bakst after Picasso and 54 color plates by Bakst. Folio, publisher’s 1 / 4 cloth-backed patterned boards, moderate wear with joints rubbed, boards scuffed; neat contemporary owner’s ink inscription on front endpaper; scattered light internal wear, plates clean. copy 464 reserved for the u . s ., from a total edition of 1000. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923   [800/1,200]