MAUPASSANT (Guy de). Le Vagabond. Paris : printed at the expense of the Société des Amis des livres, 1902. - In-8, 274 x 201 : (2 ff.), 50 pp., (3 ff.), illustrated cover. Dark brown morocco, title of the book written in mosaic letters of havana and garnet morocco on the first board, spine ribbed, gilt edges on witnesses, dark brown morocco frame inside, decorated with two gilt fillets, beige cloth lining and endpapers, double guards, cover preserved, slipcase (Marius Michel) Sought-after edition of only 115 copies on vellum, illustrated in the first edition with 51 original lithographs in colours by STEINLEN, including one on the cover and 50 at the head of each page. This is the only book illustrated by Steinlen with colour lithographs. A copy specially printed for the lawyer Lucien Clément, very well bound by Marius Michel.
Estimate
€1,500 - €2,000
Result
€1,875
Buyer's premium
28%
MAUPASSANT (Guy de).
Le Vagabond.
Paris : printed at the expense of the Société des Amis des livres, 1902. - In-8, 274 x 201 : (2 ff.), 50 pp., (3 ff.), illustrated cover. Dark brown morocco, title of the book written in mosaic letters of havana and garnet morocco on the first board, spine ribbed, gilt edges on witnesses, dark brown morocco frame inside, decorated with two gilt fillets, beige cloth lining and endpapers, double guards, cover preserved, slipcase (Marius Michel)
Sought-after edition of only 115 copies on vellum, illustrated in the first edition with 51 original lithographs in colours by STEINLEN, including one on the cover and 50 at the head of each page.
This is the only book illustrated by Steinlen with colour lithographs.
A copy specially printed for the lawyer Lucien Clément, very well bound by Marius Michel.
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