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FIRST EDITION illustrated with 6 hors-texte etchings in black by V. Butin.
ONE OF THE FIRST 25 COPIES ON CHINA PAPERfollowed by 25 copies on Whatman paper.
"Nadaud didn't only compose songs. Once or twice, he worked for the theatre and published a novel: Une idylle. In 1877, he published a volume of Tales and Scenescontaining about fifty poems or monologues, dedicated to forty or so literary or other celebrities; some of these poems are not very moral; many are as lively and alert as the songs" (Religious, historical and literary studiesVolume 55, 1894)
A superb copy, very well bound in the period by David.
Contemporary binding by David. Green morocco, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt boxes and fillets, gilt title, date at foot, gilt frames on boards, richly decorated bordered spine flaps, all edges gilt, bookmark. Cover preserved.
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