MUSSET (Alfred de). Les Nuits. Paris, Meynial,... - Lot 383 - Ferri & Associés

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MUSSET (Alfred de). Les Nuits. Paris, Meynial,... - Lot 383 - Ferri & Associés
MUSSET (Alfred de). Les Nuits. Paris, Meynial, 1911. In-4, midnight blue morocco, cold mosaic floral decoration in maroq. of different colours, maroq. band forming a frame and two boxes and interlacing in the centre set in gold, spine decorated in the same way, lining in bluish grey morocco, blue maroq. thread and listel forming a frame, silk endpapers, double endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine cover and spine, folder and slipcase (Marius Michel). Edition decorated with 11 illustrations by Luc-Olivier Merson, etched by Chessa, including a title engraved on the frontispiece, a printer's proof, 4 vignettes in the text and 5 full-page compositions, and wood-engraved compositions by Adolphe Giraldon by Ernest Florian, including frames around the text, a vignette and 4 full-page titles. Printed at 161 copies, this edition was designed by Henry Couderc de Saint-Chamant, ONE OF 20 EX. on japanese paper, containing five states of the figures by Luc-Olivier Merson, including the etching Merson, including the pure etching on vellum and three colour suites and a separate suite on Japon of Giraldon's decorations. VERY BEAUTIFUL BINDING BY MARIUS MICHEL, ONE OF THE MOST CHARACTERISTIC OF HIS DECORATIVE STYLE. From the library of Louis Barthou, I, 351 (with bookplate). Carteret Illustrés IV, 298 - Mahé II, 1025-1026.
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