ZOLA (Emile). Le Rêve. Illustrations by Carlos... - Lot 340 - Ferri & Associés

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ZOLA (Emile). Le Rêve. Illustrations by Carlos... - Lot 340 - Ferri & Associés
ZOLA (Emile). Le Rêve. Illustrations by Carlos Schwabe and L. Métivet. P., Marpon et Flammarion, s. d. (1892). In-4, olive morocco, large incised and tinted leathers, signed by Meunier embedded in each of the bevelled boards, olive morocco lining, framed in red maroq. with different mosaic floral ornaments on each back cover, brocaded silk endpapers, double endpapers, gilt on witnesses, double cover, one of which printed on satin, folder and slipcase (Ch. Meunier, 1898) FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. ONE OF 30 COPIES ON JAPAN (No. 12), with a portrait of the author by Zonnainsen, in three states, a second portrait engraved by Burney, two original full-page watercolours, one by H. P. Dillon, the other by Carlos Schwabe, and a letter from Charles Meunier concerning an exhibition of bindings organized in New York at Dodd Mead. VERY BEAUTIFUL DOUBLE BINDING BY CH. MEUNIER, whose incised leathers attest to the originality of the decorative art of the period. It is reproduced in the work of the famous bookbinder: Cent planches de reliures d'art (4th vol., 1890-1900, pl. 63). From the libraries of F. Raisin (1901, no. 481) and Raphaël Esmerian (5th part, no. 142, reproduced).
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