Mon Pauvre Frère Judas by Ois Originaux De Valentin Le Campion C. -F. Landry

E-138. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Chez Roth & Sauter/A l'enseigne du Verseau, Lausanne, Switzerland. 1949. 93 pgs. #61 of 250 copies printed on vélin de Rives. Signed by both Valentin Le Campion and C F Landry on the limitation page. Slipcase present but split and chipped and reinforced at the edges. Bound in printed grey/green illustrated cloth boards. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (corners and extremities bumped and rubbed) . Previous owner's name present Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Valentin Le Campion (1903-1952) , a fine Art Deco era engraver and illustrator, Valentin Le Campion studied art techniques in his native Russia, under Favorsky and Alexis Kravtchenko. He moved to France around 1927 and settled permanently in the Paris suburb of Plessis-Robinson in 1933. Despite his short life Le Campion was commissioned to engrave many ex libris bookplates as well as illustrating a number of books including such classics as Swift's Gulliver in Lilliput, Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Pushkin's The Captain's Daughter. E-138; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .