GAUTIER (Théophile). La Morte Amoureuse.... - Lot 364 - Ferri & Associés

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GAUTIER (Théophile). La Morte Amoureuse.... - Lot 364 - Ferri & Associés
GAUTIER (Théophile). La Morte Amoureuse. Compositions by P.-A. Laurens, engraved in colours by Eugène Decisy. P., Romagnol, 1904. In-4, violet morocco, spine with 4 nerves with mosaic pattern of branches, flowers and foliage, boards framed with a large mosaic decoration of listels and violets, large maroq. band with gold thread and mosaic violets at the corners, moire endpapers, double endpapers, cover and spine cons. (Lanoë). Very fine edition, illustrated by P.-A. Laurens, printed at 300 numbered copies. ONE OF THE 10 HEAD COPS (reprinted text, on Arches paper, containing 4 states of the plates. This special nominative copy (name erased) is also enriched with a very beautiful original signed watercolour (engraved, reduced, on the cover of the book) and a series of proofs giving the colour breakdown of the engravings. SUPERB MOSAIC BINDING BY CH. LANOË, STUDENT AND SUCCESSOR OF P. RUBAN, executed at the time of the book's publication and one of the most typical of his time. Ex-libris H. Grandjean.
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