(FRANCE) GAUTIER, THEOPHILE
Sale 322 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Aug 6, 2014
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$500
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(FRANCE) GAUTIER, THEOPHILE
A group of three works with inlaid leather binding, comprising Jean and Jeannette; King Candaules; and The Last Abbe. Paris: Societe des Beaux-Arts, n.d. [c. 1900]3 vols. 8vo, finely bound in brown morocco bordered with inlaid scrolling floral motif in gilt and green, gilt-lettered and decorated spines, inner-dentelles gilt-stamped with flowers to four corners, t.e.g. Illustrated by Lalauze and Avril, Salon editions, each number 58 of 550 copies, with numerous etched plates, some hand-colored, reproducing in-text vignettes, with tissue guards. Light offsetting from plates to tissue guards; front hinge King Candaules cracked.
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