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139 - Mauclair (Camille) – Wély (Jacques) *Ames bretonnes*.
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Estimate €500 - €700
Description
Mauclair (Camille) – Wély (Jacques) *Ames bretonnes*. Paris: Édition d’art Piazza, 1907. 1 volume, small quarto, bound in full black morocco, ribbed spine with author, title and date in gold lettering, all edges gilt, endpapers with morocco and gold-stamped frames, double gilt fillet on the edges, guilloché cap bands. (Bound by Chambolle-Duru). Covers and spine preserved. A print run of 300 copies; this copy, printed on vat-tanned vellum, bears the number 162. Superb colour illustrations by Jacques Wély. No foxing. A very fine copy in a simple and elegant binding, very well executed.
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Auction time 10/26/2026 at 2:00 PM
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