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163 - MORIN, Louis. Vieille Idylle. Paris, L. Conquet, 1886.
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Estimate €130 - €200
Description
MORIN, Louis. Vieille Idylle. Paris, L. Conquet, 1886. In-12, (5) folios including frontispiece, 51 pp., (3) folios. Bradel binding covered in cream silk woven with a floral pattern, with a plain lemon-coloured woven spine, author’s name, title and date gilded; cover intact; in a cardboard slipcase with a ribbon [Carayon] (scuffed caps, discolouration on the slipcase). Description: An edition illustrated by the author himself. Comprising an illustration on the cover enhanced with watercolour, a frontispiece, 11 copperplate engravings in black, and head and foot decorations. A non-commercial copy on vellum paper presented to G. Loche, hand-verified with the publisher’s signature. The copy is enhanced with a watercolour drawing on the half-title page, signed by Morin. In a charming original publisher’s binding by Carayon.
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