Folio. [4], + 55 plates containing 250 motifs after Bailly’s original drawings, illustrated title page, introduction by Maurice Legendre, cloth spine in original folder, foxing and light wear to folder, otherwise copy in very good condition, Editions de la Cigogne, Casablanca, 1952.

Synopsis

RARE; limited edition to 850 copies of which this is numbered 24. Pierre Bailly (1889–1973) was a French architect. In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Summer Olympics Games together with Gustave Saacké and Pierre Montenot for their design of a “Cirque pour Toros” (“Circus for Bullfights”).