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Fine edition with fine typoraphy given by Jouaust.
ONE OF THE FIRST 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON CHINE, 500 copies on vellum.
Translation by Amyot. Headbands by Émile Lévy etched by Flameng Léopold. Drawings by Giacomelli engraved on wood by Rouget and Sargent.
A fine copy bound in contemporary morocco by Francisque Cuzin. who practised in Paris from 1861 to 1890 (Fléty, p. 50)
From the library of the playwright and director of the Odéon, Paul Gavault, whose important collection was dispersed in 5 auctions in 1951 (bookplate on the first white endpaper) - Ex libris Art. Christian.
Contemporary binding by Cuzin, midnight blue morocco, decorated ribbed spine, gold title, triple gold fillet on covers, double gold fillet on edges, gold inner border, gilt edges, bookmark.
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