[MARDRUS]. The Book of a Thousand and One... - Lot 214 - L'Huillier & Associés

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[MARDRUS]. The Book of a Thousand and One... - Lot 214 - L'Huillier & Associés
[MARDRUS]. The Book of a Thousand and One Nights. Translation by J. C. Mardrus. Paris, Librairie d'art H. Piazza, 1926-1932. 12 volumes in-4°, blue morocco, plates entirely decorated with cold gold decoration, spine smooth decorated with the same decoration, full figure "v i h", gilt edges, preserved ornamented covers and cases (Yseux sc. by Thierry Simier). Large miniatures in colour by Léon CARRÉ; decorations and ornaments in colour by Mohamed RACIM. Edition of 2,500 copies, this one (No. 9), ONE OF THE 50 HEADS on IMPERIAL JAPAN containing an additional suite of the illustrations in colour, one in black, ONE ORIGINAL AQUARELLE (XXXX) and, unjustified, a third suite in colour. Enclosed, bound at the end of the first volume: the prospectus. Spine of volume V very slightly recessed with first jaw cracked at the head.
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