Edy Legrand. MACAO ET COSMAGE OU L'EXPERIENCE DU BONHEUR. Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1919. First edition. Original illustrated paper-covered card wrappers. Square folio; [54]pp. With pochoir illustrations by Legrand on all pages including endpapers, hand-colored by Jean Saudé. Text in French.

13 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.

Edy Legrand (France, 1892-1970), born Edward Louis Warschawsky Leon in Bordeaux, lived much of his adult life in Morocco. He worked as an illustrator for numerous publishing houses in both France and New York, and as a well-known painter later in his career. Macao et Cosmage offered early contributions to the Art Deco style. Jean Saudé (1872-1931), who also contributed to this book, was a French printmaker who excelled at the use of pochoir.

Wraps extremely worn as is common for this title; losses and tears at spine, wraps toned with scuffs, small marks, minor damp stains, and edgewear including small tears; interior lightly toned with occasional soiling, frayed edges, small stains/areas of grime, minor foxing, and expected offsetting; some leaves loose but still attached; illustrations remain extremely bright.