Quinze histoires d’Edgar Poe
BAUDELAIRE (Charles), POE (Edgar Allan) illustrated by Louis LEGRAND
Paris - Pour les amis des livres par Chamerot et Renouard - 1897
- Bookbinder : G. CRETTÉ
- Format : In-4.
- Number of volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding : Bound.
- Collation : 401 pp.
In a lined slipcase. Full garnet morocco binding. Spine with nerves. Beautiful mosaic composition on the first plate with the name of the author "Poe" in dark brown Art Nouveau letters with floral and plant decoration. Inside frame decorated with a set of golden nets, lining and silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Cover and spine preserved. Binding signed G. CRETTÉ, successor of Marius Michel.
Edition illustrated with 15 etchings and aquatints in black by Louis LEGRAND, in two states, and 32 woodcut lettering, vignettes and culs-de-lampe.
LIMITED EDITION OF 115 NUMBERED COPIES ON VÉLIN DU MARAIS. THIS IS ONE OF 50 HEADER COPIES RESERVED FOR MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF BOOK FRIENDS, with the outlines in two states and enriched with a monogrammed ORIGINAL DRAWING by Louis LEGRAND in watercolor for an illustration (The oval portrait).
Elegant mosaic binding by G. CRETTÉ, in a pure Art Nouveau style.
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