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284 - SAADI. The Rose Garden. Translated by Charles Defrémery.
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Estimate €100 - €200
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SAADI. The Rose Garden. Translated by Charles Defrémery. Illustrated by Lucy Boucher. Monte Carlo, Arts et couleurs, 1980. 2 volumes, in-4, blue suede-like cloth, plain spine bearing the author’s and title labels in dark blue morocco leather, upper covers adorned with an enamelled plaque depicting a polychrome oriental scene surrounded by gilded fleurons; gilded metal fleurons enamelled in blue with small gilded fleurons in the spandrels; gilded headband; half-blue suede slipcases. Edition adorned with numerous colour illustrations by Lucy Boucher in the style of Persian illuminations. The text is printed against a background of blue and green motifs in Volume 1; red and pink in Volume 2. A print run of 2,430 copies, all on Arches vellum. This copy is one of 200 enriched with an original colour illustration and a set of insert illustrations in Persian blue. Excludes the framed plate.
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Auction time 11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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