Null RONSARD Pierre - "Les Amours
Illustrations by Lucy Boucher
3 volumes In-4, …
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RONSARD Pierre - "Les Amours Illustrations by Lucy Boucher 3 volumes In-4, publisher's binding, full red calf, cold-stamped roulette and gilded fillets framing a large cold-stamped iron; spines finely ribbed with gold fillets, titling and tomé. Moiré silk endpapers, gilt heads, slipcases. Numbered copy including an original illustration signed by L. Boucher and a suite in pink of the illustrations. Limited edition of 1914 copies. Certificate of authenticity enclosed. Publisher Le Chant des Sphères, Éditions D'Art Sefer, Nice, 1974-1975. Very good condition

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RONSARD Pierre - "Les Amours Illustrations by Lucy Boucher 3 volumes In-4, publisher's binding, full red calf, cold-stamped roulette and gilded fillets framing a large cold-stamped iron; spines finely ribbed with gold fillets, titling and tomé. Moiré silk endpapers, gilt heads, slipcases. Numbered copy including an original illustration signed by L. Boucher and a suite in pink of the illustrations. Limited edition of 1914 copies. Certificate of authenticity enclosed. Publisher Le Chant des Sphères, Éditions D'Art Sefer, Nice, 1974-1975. Very good condition

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