PAPILLONS

Seguy, E. A. (French, 1889-1985). PAPILLONS. Tolmer, Paris, not dated, but about 1925 (only edition). Folio, cloth-backed pictorial boards with string ties, Title page, Introduction, Contents, and 20 plates, loose, as issued, colored in pochoir. 16 plates each depicting five butterflies in fllight, and four plates each presenting four decorative designs derived from butterfly motifs. Some wear to the covers, the plates generally fresh and bright. Complete portfolios are increasingly hard to find as copies are frequently broken up and the plates framed and sold separately.
Inventory # 12805