STERNE (Laurence). Voyage sentimental en France et en Italie. New translation and notice by M. Émile Blémont. Paris: Librairie artistique, H. Launette, 1884. - Large in-4, 367x272: portrait, XII, 212 pp, (2 ff.), 11 plates, illustrated cover. Dark blue morocco, double framing of straight and interlaced gilt fillets on the boards, gilt and mosaic flowers wrapping around the inner frame of the first board, spine ribbed and decorated with oval gilt medallions adorned with gilt and mosaic flowers, dark blue morocco framing inside, adorned with gilt fillets and a gilt fleuron at the corners, burgundy silk lining and endpapers, double endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover preserved (Marius Michel). First edition of Émile Blémont's (1839-1927) translation of the famous novel by Scottish writer Laurence Sterne (1713-1768). It is illustrated with 220 ornaments and compositions in the text and 12 photogravure plates, including a portrait of the author, by Maurice Leloir. One of 200 copies of the special in-4 Jesus edition, containing a double suite of hors-texts avant la lettre and an original unpublished watercolor by Maurice Leloir on the false title. This is one of 100 on japon. A superb copy in mosaic morocco by Marius Michel.