with an original watercolour

one of 25 copies on japon with two extra suites.

Barbier is famous for his eighteenth century costume fantasies, and these display his art to the best advantage, showing lovers meeting against a variety of attractive backgrounds.

Limited edition, one of 25 copies on japon; illustrated by 20 colour plates hors-texte, two vignettes and a title frame by George Barbier, with two extra suites of these illustrations, one in colour and one in black and white (23 plates in each state), printed on japon mince and an original ink and gouache signed and dated by Barbier; in the original illustrated wrappers, morocco backed chemise, gilt tooled, marbled paper slipcase, a fine copy.