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1894160 x 240 mm

ONE OF 249 EX. ON ARCHES PAPER.
21 illustrations by Paul Avril
Binding signed Pétrus Ruban

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First separate edition of this short story from "A tear from the Devil"with a preface by Anatole France.
ONE OF 249 NUMBERED COPIES ON ARCHES PAPER
after 200 copies on Japon or Arches vellum and 49 copies on Arches vellum. Copy initialled by the publisher.

Illustrated with 21 compositions by Paul Avril including 6 plates out of text and 15 compositions in the text.

A copy bound in the period by Pétrus Ruban, the spine of which is decorated with fine floral mosaics.

Paris,A. Ferroud,1894.In-8, Bound,160 x 240 mm,82 pp.

Contemporary binding by Pétrus Ruban. Lemon half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated with fillets and a floral mosaic, gilt title, gilt head. A few black spots on the spines and on the cut. Some spotting.

Bio

Théophile Gautier

(born in Tarbes on 30 August 18111 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 23 October 1872)

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