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188 - MAETERLINCK, Maurice. GIRALDON.
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Estimate €200 - €300
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MAETERLINCK, Maurice. GIRALDON. FLORIAN. The Life of Bees. Paris, Librairie des amateurs, F. Ferroud, 1914–1918. Small quarto, Fawn half-calf with mosaic-patterned and painted corners of the period, plain decorated spine, covers highlighted with a gilt fillet and gilt head, original cover preserved [Flammarion Vaillant]. (A few scattered stains, slight rubbing to the edges and corners); Painted binding signed Flammarion Vaillant. Quarto (254 x 172 mm). 30 illustrations after Adolphe Giraldon, colour woodcuts by Ernest Florian, including the frontispiece and 7 insert plates. A fine publication interrupted by the war and resumed in 1918, with the text set within a border. Printed in a run of 1,212 copies; this is no. 214 marked ‘FF’ in pencil ART NOUVEAU
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