signed Hardcover
1941 · New York
by MERIMEE, Prosper
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1941. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine a little darkened, as usual. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with mild staining. Jean Charlot. Quarto (8-3/8" x 11") bound in bright and colorful hand-blocked gypsy silk cloth. Illustrated with 37 beautiful lithographs in color drawn on the plates by Jean Charlot. Copy #1205 of 1500 SIGNED and numbered by the artist. Perhaps the most stunning and underrated of the early books from the press. (Inventory #: 010401)