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216 - FRANCE (Anatole). Thaïs. Paris, Plicque, 1924.
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Estimate €200 - €300

Description

FRANCE (Anatole). Thaïs. Paris, Plicque, 1924. A quarto volume, bound in midnight blue morocco leather with Egyptian-style decoration featuring winged scarabs, palmettes and stylised plant motifs; the covers adorned with a wide mosaic border of havana and mahogany morocco leather highlighted with gilt fillets; spine with five raised bands; compartments decorated with mosaic palmettes; endpapers lined with polychrome Art Deco patterned fabric featuring stylised flowers, foliage and birds in shades of blue, pink, black and gold; gilt head; illustrated cover preserved (binding signed E. BUER in Lyon). Minor scuffing. Illustrated edition featuring 21 black-and-white illustrations (in the text and as inserts) and a colour cover by Raphaël FREIDA. Limited edition of 780 copies; this is one of the 700 numbered copies printed on Rives paper. E. Buer practised in Lyon from 1920 until around 1950.

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216 - FRANCE (Anatole). Thaïs. Paris, Plicque, 1924. See original version (French)

216 - FRANCE (Anatole). Thaïs. Paris, Plicque, 1924.
See original version (French)