FRANCE (Anatole). The Red Lily. Paris, Librairie de la Colle - Lot 152

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FRANCE (Anatole). The Red Lily. Paris, Librairie de la Colle - Lot 152
FRANCE (Anatole). The Red Lily. Paris, Librairie de la Collection des Dix - A. Romagnol, Publisher, 1903. Grand in-4°, purple morocco, large decoration in repoussé leather and mosaic with a large red fleur-de-lys in the center inserted in the first dish, ribbed back, golden slices, large golden lily lace and mosaic with inside, lining and guards of embroidered red silk, cover illustrated in preserved colours, shirt in half-marocco violin with small covers and case (Canape r. d. - 1921). Compositions by Auguste-François GORGUET, engraved on stained wood by DESMOULINS, DUTHEIL and ROMAGNOL and fourteen colour settings by Ch. THÉVENIN; a frontispiece portrait of the author. Printed in 275 copies, this one (n° 5), ONE OF THE TEN HEADS reimposed on arches in the in-4° format containing three suites additional non-text illustrations and another of the woods of the text on japan peel. Enclosed, bound in fine binding: the illustrated prospectus, and, flying, a B. A. S. by Ch. Thévenin (2 pp. in-12). Back of the folder faded, but VERY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE in A MOSAIC RICH BINDING.
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