POE, Edgar. - Lot 172

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POE, Edgar. - Lot 172
POE, Edgar. The Golden Beetle. Translation by Charles Baudelaire. Paris: Librairie des amateurs, A. Ferroud, F. Ferroud, 1926. - Large in-8, blue half maroquin with corners, ribbed back, golden head, uncut, cover and back preserved (original binding ). Illustrated edition of a large colour composition on the cover, 5 black compositions including one on the title, a letterhead and a letterhead in colour, as well as a frontispiece and 3 off-texts, all based on Georges Rochegrosse's compositions. The frontispiece was engraved by Mrs. Rita Dreyfus, the other plates in colour by Georges Beltrand. The black figures were engraved by R. Blot. Edition at 675 numbered copies; this one is one of 479 on Arches vellum, containing a black state and a color state of the off-texts . Back passed.
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