POEMS AND BALLADS FROM THE PAST. Jehan de... - Lot 198 - Giquello

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POEMS AND BALLADS FROM THE PAST. Jehan de... - Lot 198 - Giquello
POEMS AND BALLADS FROM THE PAST. Jehan de Meung, Christine de Pisan, Charles d'Orléans, Villon, Ronsard, J. du Bellay, Plantin, R. Belleau, Louise Labé, Marie Stuart, etc. Preface by Jules de Marthold. Paris, Printed for Charles Meunier, Maison du livre, 1902. In-4, bradel rooted calf, smooth spine decorated with a small gilt figure and bearing the title in gilt letters, untrimmed, cover and spine, slipcase (Bound in contemporary style). Beautiful anthology of poetry in verse, illustrated with a frontispiece, cover and 50 etchings by Albert Robida, and 51 woodcut culs-de-lampe by P. Gusman. Edition of 115 copies, this one of the 100 on wove paper containing a series of etchings in double state on china, in black and bistre (including the pure etchings), and a series on china of woodcuts. We added the lovely original design to the brown wash of the composition on p. 49 for the poem À son nez. Minimal binding friction
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