CHIMOT, Édouard (1880-1959), illustrator. -- BADU, René. Les Après-Midi de Montmartre. Paris: L’Édition, 1919.
4to. 14 etchings by Chimot. Half contemporary mottled calf gilt, marbled sides, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettering in second compartment, oval fleuron devices inlaid with red morocco in others, top edge gilt, others uncut, STAMP-SIGNED BY HENRI CREUZEVAULT; original printed wrappers bound in.
LIMITED EDITION, number 128 of 170 copies printed on Hollande (50 copies numbered 121 to 170). A handsomely illustrated work that documents the drinking, drug-use, and prostitution of northern Paris’s artistic district of Montmarte in the early 20th-century. A Horowitz high spot.
[With:] MAGRE, Maurice. Les Soirs d’Opium. Paris: L’Édition, 1921. 4to. 12 etchings in color, EXTRA-SUITE OF THE PLATES in black & white, numerous vignettes in the text by Chimot. Half contemporary mottled calf gilt, marbled sides, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt-lettering in second compartment, floral devices gilt with red morocco inlaid petals, top edge gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY HENRI CREUZEVAULT (light rubbing at ends and corners, spine gently sunned); original printed wrappers bound in. LIMITED EDITION, 81 of 500 copies (60 copies, numbered 57 to 116) containing plates in two states.
Both works bound by one of the leading design binders in Paris prior to WWII.