Le Dit de la Campagne d'IGOR (Prince IGOR). Illustrations by - Lot 102

Le Dit de la Campagne d'IGOR (Prince IGOR). Illustrations by Pierre JOUBERT. Paris, Editions d'art du Rameau d'Or, 1999. 24.5 by 31.8 cm. 157 pages plus continuation in blue. Full steel-blue morocco, spine 4 nerfs decorated with Russian chivalry decorations in cold, boards decorated with a rich cold frame from Russian motifs, with a copper plate with polychrome enamel decoration, inlaid in the upper board. Gilt headband, inner lace, beige moiré endpapers. In a bordered slipcase. Small varnish defect on the edge of the enamel plate (not serious), otherwise as new. The illustrations are by Pierre Joubert, who designed and produced 8 original watercolors off-text, 15 drawings in-text, 1 color title page, 7 color French initials, Russian initials and numerous medieval Russian motifs throughout the book. Edition on Arches vellum pur chiffon (the only paper), one of 100 copies with a suite of 8 hors-texts in blue (N°21). Without the framed illustration indicated in the justification. For collectors