[NADAUD (Gustave)]. Chansons choisies de Gustave Nadaud illustrées par ses amis. Paris, Ateliers de Reproductions Artistiques, 1880. 2 volumes in-folio, red half-chagrin with corners, gilt fillet bordering the boards, title in the center of the first one, spine with decorated nerves, gilt head (period binding). 60 hors-texte in phototypesetting, including three by Gustave DORÉ; numerous musical scores. Printed at 1,200 copies, all of them hors commerce, this one (no. 314), bearing the following inscription, partially handwritten: " Exemplaire de mon ami le Comte de Beaurepaire. G. Nadaud. From the library of Beaurepaire, with bookplate. Some very small spotting; first hinge of volume I loose. Leblanc, 266-267.

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