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162 - MORIN, Louis. SOMM. Les Cousettes. Physiology of Parisian Se…
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Estimate €400 - €500
Description
MORIN, Louis. SOMM. Les Cousettes. Physiology of Parisian Seamstresses. Paris, L. Conquet, 1895. In-8, (3) folios including frontispiece, 165-(2) pp. Red morocco leather, author’s name and title gilded, panels and covers adorned with a double frame of multiple gilded fillets featuring four angular fleurons, double gilded fillet on the headbands and footbands, inside covers lined with blue morocco leather featuring a gilded frame with fleurons, double endpapers in silk and marbled paper, edges gilt on endpapers, cover and spine preserved [Mercier Sx. de Cuzin]. Description: The illustrations consist of numerous drypoint engravings by Henry Somm. A fine copy. A unique edition of 100 copies on Japanese paper, this one being no. 41. Each illustration features between one and four additional states, some with notes. Elegant original binding signed by Mercier.
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