(15 1/8 " x 11 5/8") 12 illustrations (12 hors text.)
General condition: Fine. Exterior: Sound. Interior: Clean.
Plates loose as issued in original decorated folio wrappers, with title information printed in gold lettering and illustration on front cover; checkered borders and spine. Contained in contemporary ebony & shark skin box, mimicking folio design.

Following in the glorious footsteps of the luxury catalogs commissioned from the foremost artists of the era by the leading couture houses, "La Dernière Lettre Persane" features 12 designs from Fourrures Max, as interpreted by one of the great illustrators of the period, Eduardo Benito.

Interestingly, it is designed to look like an illustrated edition of Montesquieu's XVIIIth century literary masterpiece, "Les Lettres Persanes". The designs are lavishly printed in gold leaf and highlighted with pochoir coloring, while the black
and embossed detailing is achieved by woodblock. Undoubtedly, this is one of Benito's masterpieces.