Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée by Apollinaire

Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée by Guillaume Apollinaire (Paris: Deplanche, Éditeur d'Art, 1911).

Book with 32 woodcuts on Holland Zonen wove paper; originally bound in Arches laid paper with a vellum cover; bound over original in fine binding of black and blue morocco leather with white morocco leather detailing, lettering on spine in white morocco leather, endpapers of white morocco leather and black velvet, binder's stamp in gold on front end page: "HUSER"; chemise is half bound in black morocco leather and bisquit paper covered boards with black fibers, interior is lined with white suede, lettering on spine in gold.

Artist: Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953). Author: Guillaume Apollinaire (French (born Italy), 1880-1918). Binder: Huser. Printers: Gauthier-Villars, Renauld. Published by: Deplanche (French), 1911.

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