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Alexandre DUMAS. Les Trois Mousquetaires Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1894. 2 volumes in-4, bradel red half-maroquin with corners, spines decorated, covers and spine (Carayon). Vicaire, III-360 /// I. XX-479 / II. (2f.)-469-(1f.). Very probably the most beautiful illustrated edition of the Three Musketeers, preceded by a letter from Alexandre Dumas fils, and illustrated with 250 black compositions in the text by Maurice Leloir, wood-engraved by Huyot. One of 150 copies on China paper (n° 127), this one enriched with a specimen and the sale catalogue of the two hundred and fifty original drawings by Maurice Lenoir, here with the prices in pencil. A fine copy despite 2 small stains on the hinges.
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Alexandre DUMAS. Les Trois Mousquetaires Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1894. 2 volumes in-4, bradel red half-maroquin with corners, spines decorated, covers and spine (Carayon). Vicaire, III-360 /// I. XX-479 / II. (2f.)-469-(1f.). Very probably the most beautiful illustrated edition of the Three Musketeers, preceded by a letter from Alexandre Dumas fils, and illustrated with 250 black compositions in the text by Maurice Leloir, wood-engraved by Huyot. One of 150 copies on China paper (n° 127), this one enriched with a specimen and the sale catalogue of the two hundred and fifty original drawings by Maurice Lenoir, here with the prices in pencil. A fine copy despite 2 small stains on the hinges.
