SCHMID (Christoph von). Contes du chanoine... - Lot 164 - Ferri & Associés

SCHMID (Christoph von). Contes du chanoine Schmid, translation by A. Cerfbeer de Medelsheim. Illustrations by Gavarni. Paris, Royer, 1843. Two gr. in-8 volumes, half calf morocco with corners, 5-rib spines highly decorated with gilt thread and motifs, entirely untrimmed, blue illustrated covers and spines preserved (Champs). FIRST ISSUE: lithographed portrait of Schmid, engraved frontispiece by Français printed on chine appliqué and 21 out-of-text lithographs on tinted ground after Gavarni; four sheets of engraved music, woodcut vignettes in the text by Lacoste. A superb, fresh copy with full margins and illustrated covers and spine, bound circa 1880 by a master bookbinder. From the Antoine Vautier library (1977, no. 189) with bookplate.