MEUSNIER DE QUERLON.

Daphne's Dinners followed by Lacedemon's dormitories. Full text of the princeps edition of 1740.

Paris: Eryx, [1951]. - In-4, in sheets, filled cover, editor's folder and slipcase.



Edition of 429 copies printed on white Rives vellum paper, in the form of a single copy plus a few copies not available on the market, illustrated with 15 full-page color etchings by Édouard Chimot.

One of the 15 copies numbered from 17 to 31 (n° 20), enriched with 3 suites of illustrations with remarks in first state on china, Annam and Rives, in 3 tones, black, sepia and green, of the H.C. plate in 4 states and a proof. The original unpublished drawing is missing.

Copy enriched with an autograph homage signed by Chimot under justification.

Minimal freckles on the cover.
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MEUSNIER DE QUERLON. Daphne's Dinners followed by Lacedemon's dormitories. Full text of the princeps edition of 1740. Paris: Eryx, [1951]. - In-4, in sheets, filled cover, editor's folder and slipcase. Edition of 429 copies printed on white Rives vellum paper, in the form of a single copy plus a few copies not available on the market, illustrated with 15 full-page color etchings by Édouard Chimot. One of the 15 copies numbered from 17 to 31 (n° 20), enriched with 3 suites of illustrations with remarks in first state on china, Annam and Rives, in 3 tones, black, sepia and green, of the H.C. plate in 4 states and a proof. The original unpublished drawing is missing. Copy enriched with an autograph homage signed by Chimot under justification. Minimal freckles on the cover.

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MEUSNIER DE QUERLON. Daphne's Dinners followed by Lacedemon's dormitories. Full text of the princeps edition of 1740. Paris: Eryx, [1951]. - In-4, in sheets, filled cover, editor's folder and slipcase. Edition of 429 copies printed on white Rives vellum paper, in the form of a single copy plus a few copies not available on the market, illustrated with 15 full-page color etchings by Édouard Chimot. One of the 15 copies numbered from 17 to 31 (n° 20), enriched with 3 suites of illustrations with remarks in first state on china, Annam and Rives, in 3 tones, black, sepia and green, of the H.C. plate in 4 states and a proof. The original unpublished drawing is missing. Copy enriched with an autograph homage signed by Chimot under justification. Minimal freckles on the cover.
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