STENDHAL. - Lot 106

STENDHAL. La Chartreuse de Parme. Textual reprint of the original edition. Preface by Francisque Sarcey. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1883. - 2 volumes in-8, long-grained burgundy morocco, broadly framed with gilded fillets and irons and a cold roulette on the boards, smooth ornate spine, gilded fillets and gilded and cold motifs framing the inside, brocaded silk lining and endpapers, double endpapers, gilded edges on witnesses, cover preserved (E. Carayon). Fine edition at 500 copies, illustrated with 31 original etchings by Valentin FOULQUIER (1822-1896), including a frontispiece, 28 chapter headings and 2 culs-de-lampe. The title erroneously indicates 32 engravings. One of the first 150 copies on japon, this being one of 75 with only one state of the etchings. A very fine copy in Carayon binding, enriched with the publication prospectus.