ANIANTE (Antonio): The marvelous voyages of Marco POLO. Illu - Lot 116

ANIANTE (Antonio): The marvelous voyages of Marco POLO. Illustrations, miniatures, lettering and frames by Jean GRADASSI. Nice, SEFER, 1962-1963. Two volumes bound into one. 27 by 36.5 cm. 111; 113 pages. Full black morocco, smooth spine with pagoda imprint, 1st board decorated with a large mosaic decoration in relief representing Marco Polo's ship, in a gilt frame with spandrels. 2nd board with pagoda recess and frame. Chased gilded head, inner frame with gilded fillet, red moiré silk endpapers. Black half-maroquin wrappers, 4 false nerves, boards covered in red moiré silk, interior in red moiré silk. Binding signed by the Lanquar Ludier workshops. As new. Illustrations, miniatures, lettrines and frames by Jean Gradassi. 48 color compositions, including 14 hors texte (2 on double page) and 153 colored lettrines, ornamented frames in color on each page. Numbered edition limited to 1044 copies, all printed on Sang Tien Tang paper, genuine Chinese mulberry bark (N°790). All the charm of GRADASSI's illustrations when he leaves the European Middle Ages... And an exceptional binding! For collectors.