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Gérard de NERVAL. RUDAUX. Sylvie. Paris, L. Conquet, 1886.
See original version (French)
167
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Gérard de NERVAL. RUDAUX. Sylvie. Paris, L. Conquet, 1886.
See original version (French)
Estimate €180 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
Gérard de NERVAL. RUDAUX.
Sylvie.
Paris, L. Conquet, 1886.
In-8, (4) leaves, including frontispiece and portrait, XXIV–134 pp. Green morocco, ribbed spine, panels decorated with a mosaic rose and edged with a double gilt fillet with fleurons at the corners, a triple gilt fillet framing the covers and a double fillet on the headbands and footbands, insides lined with fawn morocco and framed by a gilt fillet and scrolls with gilt foliage in the centre adorned with mosaic red roses, endpapers lined with gilt cloth, gilt edges, cover preserved [Marius Michel].
Bibliography:
Carteret Illustrés, IV, 304.
Description:
A fine copy in a binding by Marius Michel.
The illustrations comprise a frontispiece, a portrait of the author of the preface, Ludovic Halévy, and numerous plates by Ed. Rudaux
Printed in a run of 1,000 copies, including 150 special editions on imperial Japanese paper; this is no. 2.
Etchings accompanied by two black-and-white prints.
This copy is enhanced with a watercolour signed by Rudaux on the half-title page.
See original version (French)
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