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159 - [ROSE ADLER]. BOYLESVE, René.
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
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[ROSE ADLER]. BOYLESVE, René. Alcindor, or A Sequel to the Lesson in Love in a Park. Paris, Le Livre , 1920. In-8, on laid paper, unnumbered, text in red and black, stencil illustrations. Contemporary taupe morocco leather, in old rose and parma, signed by Rose Adler and G. de Léotard, with a mosaic decoration in violet and lilac on the covers and spine, gilt fillet on the edges, mosaic framing in the same colours with a centre of shimmering moiré silk, endpapers and half-ends lined with violet moiré silk, double endpapers of handmade paper, guilloché headbands, edges gilt on endpapers, in a marbled slipcase with morocco bias binding (spine slightly tarnished) A moving copy, no. 203, one of 500 copies on laid paper in the ‘Forme’ style from the Arches paper mills. First edition, illustrated with 23 watercolours by Pierre Brissaud. One of 500 copies printed on Arches laid paper. A fine copy. Elegant binding by Rose Adler (1890–1959), bookbinder and cabinetmaker. BRISSAUD.
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Auction time 10/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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