RICHEPIN (Jean). The beginnings of Caesar Borgia. P., Les Bi - Lot 154

RICHEPIN (Jean). The beginnings of Caesar Borgia. P., Les Bibliophiles contemporains, 1890. Gr. in-8, maroq. rouge, spine with 5 ornate nerves, play of thread on the boards, lined with maroq. rouge, important decoration of floral and foliage subjects, gilded bodies and mosaics, violet moire endpapers, double endpapers, gilt tr. on witnesses, ill. cover and spine cons. case with folder (P. Ruban, 1897). ISSUE OF 186 NUMBERED COPIES. - Edition published by Octave Uzanne, one of the most typical of the "Belle Epoque", illustrated by Georges Rochegrosse with etched compositions printed in color. COPY PRINTED FOR M. CH. DELAFOSSE, WITH SEPARATE SUITE IN BLACK, COVERED WITH A REMARKABLE DOUBLE MOSAIC BINDING, SIGNED BY ONE OF THE GREATEST BOOKBINDERS OF THE PERIOD, PETRUS RUBAN.