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Quinze histoires d’Edgar Poe

Quinze histoires d’Edgar Poe
Réf. 65768
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BAUDELAIRE (Charles), POE (Edgar Allan) illustrated by Louis LEGRAND

Paris  -  Pour les amis des livres par Chamerot et Renouard  -  1897

  • Bookbinder : Marius MICHEL
  • Format : In-4.
  • Number of volumes : 1 volume.
  • Binding : Bound.
  • Collation : 401 pp.

In a lined case and under a half-maroquin overlapping shirt. Full garnet morocco binding. Spine with nerves. Flower orchids and mosaic buttons in ebony, lemon and orange morocco and cold-set on both covers, inside frame decorated with a set of gilt filets, lining and endpapers in green brocaded silk. All edges gilded. Cover preserved. Binding signed Marius MICHEL.

Illustrated edition of 15 black etchings and aquatints by Louis LEGRAND, in two states, and 32 woodcut letters, vignettes and culs-de-lampe.

LIMITED EDITION OF 115 NUMBERED COPIES ON SWAMP VELLUM. THIS ONE ONE OF THE 50 LEADING COPIES RESERVED FOR MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

From the Antoine Vautier library (1971, n° 37), with ex-libris.

Elegant mosaic binding by Marius Michel, in pure Art Nouveau style.

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