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GONCOURT (Edmond and Jules de) - MORIN (Louis). À Venise... Rêve. Paris : L. Carteret, 1913. - In-8, 240 x 163 : 53 pp, (1 f.), illustrated cover. Lemon half-maroquin with corners, gilt filets, smooth spine decorated with a garland of flowers and two mosaic carnival masks, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved (Stroobants). A delightful edition of 150 copies, illustrated with 56 humorous compositions in colours by Louis Morin, 51 of which frame the text. One of the 50 numbered copies on Japanese paper (n° 50), including a double cover, in colour and in black. Beautiful mosaic binding by Stroobants. Attached is a L.A.S. from Edmond de Goncourt, 1 page in-8, addressed to a colleague, dated "Saturday the 20th". He has read the article he entrusted to him: "I am ready to be one of you on this occasion". Spine slightly browned.
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GONCOURT (Edmond and Jules de) - MORIN (Louis). À Venise... Rêve. Paris : L. Carteret, 1913. - In-8, 240 x 163 : 53 pp, (1 f.), illustrated cover. Lemon half-maroquin with corners, gilt filets, smooth spine decorated with a garland of flowers and two mosaic carnival masks, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved (Stroobants). A delightful edition of 150 copies, illustrated with 56 humorous compositions in colours by Louis Morin, 51 of which frame the text. One of the 50 numbered copies on Japanese paper (n° 50), including a double cover, in colour and in black. Beautiful mosaic binding by Stroobants. Attached is a L.A.S. from Edmond de Goncourt, 1 page in-8, addressed to a colleague, dated "Saturday the 20th". He has read the article he entrusted to him: "I am ready to be one of you on this occasion". Spine slightly browned.
