Théophile Gautier
Émaux et Camées, 1900
Paris: Petite bibliothèque Charpentier
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32mo. 282pp. Frontispiece and two additional engravings by H. Manesse, designed after aquarelles by Princess Mathilde (Mathilde Bonaparte). Finely bound in full red morocco, covers with gilt rules and rolls...
32mo. 282pp. Frontispiece and two additional engravings by H. Manesse, designed after aquarelles by Princess Mathilde (Mathilde Bonaparte). Finely bound in full red morocco, covers with gilt rules and rolls plus four leather onlays, each of a different color. Spine likewise gilt-ornamented and with two onlays of different leathers, additional onlaid leather title label. Gilt rules to edges and head and tail of spine. Gilt scrolling to dentelles. Silk doublures and endpapers pleasingly embroidered with flowers in many colors. Striped ribbon bookmark intact. Some rubbing to corners and along joints, else near fine. T.e.g. Remarkably scarce, with only three holdings in OCLC.