Leather bound
1896 · Paris
by Nolhac, Pierre de
Paris: Boussod, Valadon, 1896. Leather bound. VG (leather has light wear, bookplate inside front cover, pages of texts and plates are very clean and clear. Light foxing to block). Crushed Morocco blue leather boards with gilt stamped design on front cover. Spine has five raised bands with gilt lettering. Inside covers have blue and burgundy leather border with gilt tooling framing white floral silk. End pages are also white floral silk. Color illustrated frontispiece with protective tissue guard. 181 pp, 30 unnumbered leaves of plates with descriptive, protective tissue guards, illustrations and portraits. Printed in edition of 1000 copies, this being numbered 460. Text is in French. Bound by Taffin. Includes bibliographical references.
(Inventory #: 179549)