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282 - ROSTAND (Edmond). Chantecler.
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Estimate €400 - €600

Description

ROSTAND (Edmond). *Chantecler*. A play in four acts, in verse. Paris: Charpentier and Fasquelle, 1910. An 8vo volume, in full midnight blue morocco, spine with five raised bands, front cover in mosaic pattern adorned with a polychrome-painted chagrin rooster, the second featuring a painted basket on shagreen, lining featuring the original cover designed by René Lalique in embossed fawn sheepskin (F. Bizet inv.), striped and printed moiré endpapers with a floral design, all edges gilt, covers preserved (binding signed MARIUS MAGNIN and dated 1919 with a handwritten annotation by the bookbinder at the end of the volume: ‘mosaic binding executed for Mr François Borgey / 13 December 1919 / Marius Magnin’). First edition illustrated with a watercolour by the author, reproduced in colour as a facsimile. Printed in a run of 1,000 copies, all on Imperial Japanese paper (no. 773). A fine, unique copy, enriched with five inset watercolours signed by François Bizet, including the two used to decorate the binding.

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282 - ROSTAND (Edmond). *Chantecler*. See original version (French)

282 - ROSTAND (Edmond). Chantecler.
See original version (French)