Description
FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED WITH 29 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY LOUIS TITZ.
(cover, title vignette, header, endpapers, and 21 full-page hors-texte plates)
ONE OF 80 HEAD COIN PRINTED ON HOLLAND, printed especially for the Société des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique, the only ones to contain the suite of etchings with remarks.
(The only edition with 200 copies on Vellum without the suite of etchings).
A well-established copy by Lavaux, with very fine "talking" decoration on the spine, combining fine mosaics, gilding and painted vellum.
Signed A.D. Lavaux binding, half morocco with chocolate brown corners, spine richly decorated and mosaiced, notably with a large piece of painted vellum representing a carillon. Top edge gilt. Cover and spine preserved.