BOCCACE. The Bride of the King of Garbe. Translation by Anthoine Le Maçon. Paris : H. Floury, 1903. - Large in-8, 259 x 197 : 53 pp. illustrated cover. Bronze morocco, gilt arabesques framing the boards, spine ribbed and decorated in the same spirit, raspberry morocco lining with gilt fillets and dark green morocco leaves at the corners, brocaded silk endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover preserved, case (Durvand). Particularly successful edition, printed at 189 copies, illustrated in colors with forty-six lettrines, a frontispiece, a vignette on the title, thirty-one compositions including seven full-page ones, and a frame on each page, by Léon LEBÈGUE (1863-1930). One of one hundred copies on Arches paper mill laid paper, enriched with a black print on China paper of all the illustrations. A very nice copy in a lined binding by Durvand. Spine slightly faded. Freckles affecting the suite on chine.
Estimate
€400 - €600
Result
€375
Buyer's premium
25%
BOCCACE.
The Bride of the King of Garbe. Translation by Anthoine Le Maçon.
Paris : H. Floury, 1903. - Large in-8, 259 x 197 : 53 pp. illustrated cover. Bronze morocco, gilt arabesques framing the boards, spine ribbed and decorated in the same spirit, raspberry morocco lining with gilt fillets and dark green morocco leaves at the corners, brocaded silk endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover preserved, case (Durvand).
Particularly successful edition, printed at 189 copies, illustrated in colors with forty-six lettrines, a frontispiece, a vignette on the title, thirty-one compositions including seven full-page ones, and a frame on each page, by Léon LEBÈGUE (1863-1930).
One of one hundred copies on Arches paper mill laid paper, enriched with a black print on China paper of all the illustrations.
A very nice copy in a lined binding by Durvand.
Spine slightly faded. Freckles affecting the suite on chine.
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