BICHON. PAUL-MARGUERITTE, Lucie. MARTIN, Charles. ~ Le singe et son violon.
First edition. One of 25 numbered copies on papier de Hollande of only 40 large paper copies. 173 black and white art deco illustrations by Charles Martin, highlighted in red/orange. 12mo., bound by Bichon in full polished tan calf, spine and square corners in salmon pink calf, the upper cover has a cut out heart bordered in black and salmon pink calf revealing the illustration of the original cover beneath it showing a married couple, smooth spine titled in gilt, balsa doublures, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in the original wood veneer slipcase edges with salmon pink calf.
« Combien d’hommes se marient sans savoir ce qu’est une femme ! Combien ont procédé avec elle comme le singe de Cassan avec son violon ! Ils ont brisé le cœur qu’ils ne comprenaient pas, comme ils ont flétri et dédaigné le bijou dont le secret leur était inconnu. » [“How many men marry without knowing what a woman is! How many treat her like Cassan's monkey with his violin! They broke the heart that they did not understand, as they withered and disdained the jewel whose secret was unknown to them.”] H. de Balzac.
A bittersweet tale of a romance, with Martin’s charming and elegant illustrations in a splendid binding by Bichon.