CHAMPFLEURY. Selected tales. The Findings... - Lot 481 - Ader

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CHAMPFLEURY. Selected tales. The Findings... - Lot 481 - Ader
CHAMPFLEURY. Selected tales. The Findings of Monsieur Bretoncel. The bell of Monsieur Berloquin. Monsieur Tringle. Paris : Maison Quantin, 1889. - In-8, 239 x 180 : portrait, (2 ff.), 130 pp. and (1 f.), illustrated cover. Hard white vellum, triple gilt fillet on the boards, spine ribbed and decorated, untrimmed, cover preserved, slipcase (period binding). First collective edition of 1000 copies, illustrated with a portrait of the author engraved by Manesse after Paillet and 87 vignettes after the Swiss painter and illustrator Everet Louis von Muyden (1853-1922), including 3 false title frames and 6 etchings (3 chapter headings and 3 lettering). One of 55 copies on Japan paper, this one being one of the 5 enriched with an original watercolour signed by the artist on the false title (n° III). It also includes 2 states of the portrait and 3 of the etchings. Beautiful copy bound in the manner of 18th century bindings.
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