first edition
1902 · Paris
by Merimee, Prosper
Paris: L. Carteret et Cie, 1902. First edition. First edition. 4to. Bound by Champs-Stroobant in three-quarter medium blue smooth calf, spine gilt in six compartments, marbled sides, doublures and flyleaves. THis is $87 out of 250 on Whatman handmade paper. Colored title page and 60 colored aquatints combined with text, INCLUDING 9 FULL-PAGE COLORED AQUATINTS d'apres Eugen Courboin. Imprinted in the presses of A. Lahure. A superb combination of text and aquatint illustration. Some wear/scuffing to covers, near fine internally. With the pictorial bookplate of Frances Georges (Leone), engraved by Picard. A pretty book.
(Inventory #: 4507)