MAUPASSANT (Guy de). Ball of Suet. Paris,... - Lot 215 - L'Huillier & Associés

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MAUPASSANT (Guy de). Ball of Suet. Paris,... - Lot 215 - L'Huillier & Associés
MAUPASSANT (Guy de). Ball of Suet. Paris, Armand Magnier, Publisher, 1897. In-4°, brown morocco jansenist, ribbed back, gold edges, light brown morocco lining with large floral garland gilt and mosaic, silk endpapers with embroidered floral decoration, double endpapers, illustrated cover in colours preserved, case (René Kieffer). A facsimile of a sonnet by Maupassant at the head of the work. A UNIQUE EXAMPLE whose intended illustrations by François Thévenot have not been printed, but replaced by FIFTY-EIGHT ORIGINAL AQUARELLES by Pierre VIDAL, including a portrait of Maupassant, the others in the text. Attached: one L. A. S. by Pierre Vidal, concerning the illustration of the book, fixed on the cover page (4 pp. in-12). Past spine.
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