DIDEROT. Le Neveu de Rameau, from the original manuscript pu - Lot 193

DIDEROT. Le Neveu de Rameau, from the original manuscript published by Georges Monval. Preface by Louis Barthou. Illustrations by Bernard Naudin. P., Blaizot, 1924. In-4, garnet marocco, 5-rib spine with broken wires, gilt frame, wires on first board with title in center, 6 wires inside, moiré silk endpapers, gilt head, n.r., cons. cover and spine, slipcase (Langrand). LIMITED EDITION OF 355 COPIES (Rives vellum paper, numbered). Etched frontispiece, portrait, two culs-de-lampe and 34 illustrations by Bernard Naudin printed in two-tone intaglio, 32 of which are out-of-text and one on a double page. Very fine original drawing in book format added as well as a l. a. s. from the artist, addressed to Lucien Descaves (one p. large in-8). Ex-libris G. Potel.