NERVAL (Gérard de). The Enchanted Hand. Preface... - Lot 233 - L'Huillier & Associés

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NERVAL (Gérard de). The Enchanted Hand. Preface... - Lot 233 - L'Huillier & Associés
NERVAL (Gérard de). The Enchanted Hand. Preface by Jacques de Lacretelle. S. l., Les Bibliophiles Franco- Swiss, 1938. In-4°, brown morocco, golden fillets framing the plates, spine ribbed with gold and gold caissons and with cold, gold edges, lavaliere leather lining with copper inserted in each of the counter plates, Moiré brown silk endpapers, double endpapers, preserved illustrated cover, case (Semet & Plumelle). Eaux-fortes by Louise IBELS of which two on the cover, one on the frontispiece and the others in the text. Edition of 115 copies on tinted laid paper, this one (n° 36), named after M. Jules Exbrayat, president of the Société des Bibliophiles. Franco-Swiss, including, unjustifiably, an additional double suite of brass instruments, one of which is in sanguine. UNIQUE COPY, ENRICHED WITH : - FOUR SIGNED ORIGINAL DRAWINGS (those on pp. 32, 33 & two having One sketch, TWO ORIGINAL COPPER (those on the front cover and on p. 16), - FOUR L. A. S. by J. de Lacretelle concerning his preface and some other subjects, - TWO L. A. S. by Louise Ibels (with a list of illustrations) & - the menu for the dinner of The Enchanted Hand on November 10, 1938, accompanied by a facsimile of Gérard de Nerval. From the Jules Exbrayat library, with ex-libris. Accidental case.
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