[MAURICE DENIS] FRANÇOIS D'ASSISE (Saint). Fioretti. - Lot 22

[MAURICE DENIS] FRANÇOIS D'ASSISE (Saint). Fioretti. Petites fleurs de Saint-François d'Assise. Paris, Jacques Beltrand, 1913. In-folio, edition illustrated with a frontispiece, 79 compositions in the text and numerous frames by Maurice Denis, woodcut in color by Jacques Beltrand. Limited edition of 120 numbered copies on hollande laid paper, this one no. 96 bearing the name of Thomas Henry Lord Berwick, one of 100 copies reserved for subscribers. An exceptional copy enriched with an original gouache signed and titled "Assise" and, entirely mounted on tabs, the original gouache draft of two full pages on a recto-verso sheet, signed by Maurice Denis, the print run of 2 illustrations on laid paper, a suite of 5 illustrations on China paper, a large series of approximately 160 black and colored proof plates of illustrations, frames, lettrines, preliminary states, some color illustrations in 3 or 4 copies, the booklet for the exhibition of the work at the Galerie Druet, 10 sheets of page layout tests for the work, including frames and cut-and-pasted illustrations, additional proofs of illustrations and pages, and 31 pages on 16 sheets of composition tests with cut-and-pasted printed text embellished with pencil drawings and inscriptions. Bound in full blue morocco, the first plate decorated in cold with the title of the work, 5-ribbed spine, title, place and date gilt, double fillet on the edges, purple silk moire endpapers, covers preserved, signed Yseux sc. de Thierry-Simier. "Very beautiful and important illustration by Maurice Denis, highly rated" (Carteret).