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STENDHAL. FOULQUIER. The Charterhouse of Parma.
See original version (French)
180
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STENDHAL. FOULQUIER. The Charterhouse of Parma.
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
STENDHAL. FOULQUIER.
The Charterhouse of Parma.
Paris, L. Conquet, 1883.
2 volumes, large 8vo, (2) folios, XXIII–386 pp. and (2) folios, 432 pp. Blue-grey morocco, ribbed spine decorated with a gilt fillet, gilt title, volume numbers and date, compartments, front and back covers framed by multiple gilt fillets, double gilt fillet on the headbands and footbands, gilt edges, original cover preserved [Chambolle-Duru]. (A few foxing spots on the endpapers).
Description:
A very fine copy with full margins.
A verbatim reprint of the first edition, illustrated with 32 black etchings by Valentin Foulquier, including a frontispiece and vignettes within the text.
A single print run limited to 500 copies, including 150 special editions on extra-fine Japanese paper in in-8 raisin format; this is no. 52.
In an elegant morocco binding, perfectly executed by Chambolle-Duru.
Enriched at the beginning of the first volume with a publisher’s prospectus and a specimen subscription form; as well as a set of black etchings on vellum.
Carteret, IV, 368 “A very fine publication, highly sought-after and highly valued”.
See original version (French)
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