LÉVY, Lucette H., bookbinder. MAUROIS, Andre. BRULLER, Jean. ~ Deux Fragments D’Une Histoire Universelle, 1992.
No. 109 of 325 copies on Velin de Rives Blanc, of a total edition of 395. 17 colour aquatint engravings by Jean Bruller. Sm. 4to., bound by Lucette H. Levy, signed on the upper turn-in, in full dark blue morocco tooled with gilt fillets in geometric patterns across both boards and the spine, spine lettered in gilt, triple gilt fillet pattern on turn-ins and gilt fillet on edges, metallic patterned paper doublures, original wrappers bound in. Spine a trifle darkened.
An important work of speculative fiction by Maurois, whose real name was Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog. Lévy has responded to it splendidly, producing an unusual modernist binding with geometric gold tooling and spectacular metallic endpapers. The gold fillets and triangular lines focus in on the future date of 1992 (based on 1929) in bold numbering on the spine.