first edition Hardcover
1900 · London and Paris
by Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly
London and Paris: Lutetian Bibliophiles' Society, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition, one of 500 copies printed for subscribers only on Van Gelder paper. Illustrated with 13 wood-engraved plates (by Felician Rops and others) printed on Japon paper. Two volumes. Octavos. First Volume: pp. [i-vii] viii-xv [xvi (blank)], [1-2] 3-216. With 6 wood-engraved plates; Second Volume: pp. [2 (title)] 217-490 [491-492 (colophon)]. With 7 wood-engraved plates.
Bound in rose satin cloth over boards, gilt spines lettered direct, top edges gilt. Bookplate and release stamp of The Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation Museum in each volume, moderate (truncated)
Bound in rose satin cloth over boards, gilt spines lettered direct, top edges gilt. Bookplate and release stamp of The Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation Museum in each volume, moderate (truncated)