ROLLAND, Romain Goethe and Beethoven. Paris Éditions du Sablier (1930) In-4°. Oasis chaudron s. Tchékéroul, gilded fillets and listel in lemon morocco around the boards, boxed spine in the same style, gilded fillet on the edges, edge-to-edge linings in the same oasis, straw yellow silk endpapers, brown paper double endpapers, gilded tr. on witnesses, covers cons. In bordered slipcase. Superb copy. First edition, illustrated with 30 plates (portraits, documents, facsimiles, etc.), publisher's mark and headband on title, headband on justification, full-page engraving, headband and lettering on each chapter, and endpapers. Edition of 1,400 copies, one of the 9 first editions on old japon à la forme (no. 2) signed by the author, with a suite on chine of all the ornaments and drawings.

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