Poemes, Oeuvre Complète. by SEVERIN, Mark & Fernand.

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Mark Severin decorates his father’s poems with wood engravings

~ Poemes, Oeuvre Complète.

Paris Chez Pierre Bricage 1951

18 wood engraved decorations by Mark Severin to illustrate his father’s poems. One of 520 copies (this no. 136), printed on velin de Rives in Garamond Plantin type. Pp. 247. 4to., uniquely bound in 2002 in quarter brown morocco with patterned paste paper covered sides, calf spine label lettered in gilt. A very handsome, fresh and bright copy.

Fernand Severin (1867-1931) was a noted French speaking Belgian poet,chair of French literature at Ghent University and father to the important Belgian wood engraver, illustrator and graphic designer Mark Severin. This is the son’s tribute to the father.

Stock ref: 9952
Keywords: Book, Illustrated
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