STENDHAL (M. de). The Red and the Black. Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, 1884. 3 vol. in-8° bound in half garnet morocco with corners, spines decorated with gilt and mosaics, gilt fillet on the covers, covers and spine preserved. Binding signed Champs. Vol.1: [2] ff, XXIV, 324 pp, [2] ff, Vol.2: [2] ff, 338 pp, Vol.3: [2] ff, 376 pp, [2] pp, [5] ff. decorated with 1 frontispiece portrait of the author, 76 vignettes on the head and 3 culs-de-lampe by Henri Dubouchet First illustrated edition printed at 500 numbered copies, this one of 350 on vellum. A fine copy in spite of minimal foxing in places. Well completed with the illustration boards of chapters XI and XV bound in-fine of vol.3 Very good condition in spite of minimal foxing Binding : Slight rubbing to some corners Very good condition of the spines echoing the title of the work Inside pages : Minimal foxing mostly in the margins and edges, in places more present Very slight fading of some illustrations on the facing pages Untrimmed pages, proofs of printing