PRÉVOST (Abbé). - Lot 156

Lot n° 156
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PRÉVOST (Abbé). - Lot 156
PRÉVOST (Abbé). Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier Des Grieux. Preface by Guy de Maupassant. Paris, H. Launette, 1885. In-4, blue morocco, framed with a set of gilt fillets broken at the corners and accompanied on the first plate by flowered branches mosaic of roses and lilies of the valley, red morocco lining decorated with a large border decorated with forget-me-not flowers in garland, brocaded silk endpapers decorated with flowers, gilt edges, cover and spine, full blue morocco folder, slipcase (David - Domont) Illustration by Maurice Leloir: 12 watercolours engraved with etching by Louis Ruet, and 225 vignettes engraved on wood by Jules Huyot. Edition at 165 copies, this one of the 50 copies on chine with 3 states of the etchings and a separate edition of all the vignettes on wood. Copy enriched with 8 original watercolours by Fernand Coindre, including a portrait and a title, forming the illustration of the novel. A portrait and 11 etchings by Flameng for the Glady edition, 1875, printed on japanese paper, have also been added to the suite. Sumptuous lined binding by David, decorated with a delicate mosaic. It is also signed by Jules Domont, one of the great gilders of his time to whom all the great bookbinders who did not have a gilding workshop appealed; he was at the time already established in rue de Buci in Paris, an address he kept until the end of his career. Spine of the folder faded.
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