HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). La Bièvre. Les Gobelins. Saint-Séverin. Paris, Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1901. Bradel-bound quarto, green half-maroquin with corner pieces, gold fillet edging the covers, smooth spine decorated with mosaic bands, gilt head, untrimmed, original cover preserved (E. Carayon). Four etched plates and 30 woodcuts in the text, by Auguste LEPÈRE. Printed in an edition of 695 copies; this one (no. 635) is on Arches vellum. From the Henri Foucault Library, with bookplate. Spine faded; slight fading on the title page.
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€60 - €80
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30%
HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl).
La Bièvre. Les Gobelins. Saint-Séverin. Paris, Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1901. Bradel-bound quarto, green half-maroquin with corner pieces, gold fillet edging the covers, smooth spine decorated with mosaic bands, gilt head, untrimmed, original cover preserved (E. Carayon).
Four etched plates and 30 woodcuts in the text, by Auguste LEPÈRE.
Printed in an edition of 695 copies; this one (no. 635) is on Arches vellum.
From the Henri Foucault Library, with bookplate.
Spine faded; slight fading on the title page.
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