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[ARTIST’S BOOK]. BENEDICTUS, Edouard (1878-1930), artist. Variations. Paris: Albert Lévy, n.d. [ca. 1925].
Large portfolio. Title leaf; 20 pochoir lithographs colored by Jean Saudé after Benedictus (some marginal toning). Original cloth-backed boards, pochoir plate to upper cover, original ties (some wear to spine, front corner bumped, some light sunned at extremes).
A striking portfolio of 20 plates with 86 Art Nouveau and Art Deco textile and wallpaper designs by the accomplished artist who was also known as a chemist, and the inventor of bullet-proof glass.