SAND (George). - Lot 220

SAND (George). François le Champi. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1905. - In-8, dark green morocco, straight and interlaced gilt fillets framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, nine gilt fillets inside, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved (Chambolle-Duru). A particularly fine deluxe edition, printed at 301 copies and illustrated with 33 compositions by Alcide RBAUDI, engraved with burin and etching by Henri Manesse, including 26 hors texte, 2 on the cover, and the others at the head of chapters or in cul-de-lampe. The title indicates only 31 compositions. One of the first 100 copies on japon or vélin du Marais, this one on vélin being one of 70 including two states of the illustrations, definitive and avant la lettre. A very fine copy bound by Chambolle-Duru, enriched with the publication prospectus. Spine faded. Provenance: armorial bookplate.