Deux coeurs simples
May 9th, 2013 by houghtonmodern
This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection.
Today’s Santo Domingo Feature: this copy of Deux coeurs simples, by the French novelist Jacques de Lacretelle. This limited edition, published by Gérald Cramer in 1947, features a suite of evocative lithographs by illustrator Valentine Hugo. This particular copy is number 7 of the edition’s 378 limited copies, and one of only eight copies to feature an additional double suite of the lithographs, one in black and one in violet, as well as an original Hugo illustration. The volume is bound by Micheline de Bellefroid in black morocco and decorated white paper, with the original wrappers preserved within. As a further enhancement, bound in at the end are additional copies of the title page and sample pages, as well as an invitation from the publisher to an unveiling event for the publication.
Jacques de Lacretelle. Deux coeurs simples. Genève: Gérald Cramer, c1947. FC9.L1193.947d.
Thanks to rare book cataloger Ryan Wheeler for contributing this post.
I have a exemplar off this book Nr° 286