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Avril, Paul
UZANNE, Octave L'Éventail. Illustrations by Paul Avril. Paris A. Quantin 1882 Gr. in-8° (marginal spotting, soiling to versos of qqs suites). Blue half-maroquin with corners signed Canape, smooth spine decorated in gilt throughout with vertical mosaic strips in light brown morocco, t. gilt, covers on japon paper illustrated with large compositions on gilt background on spines and boards (rubbed, spine slightly faded). Original edition richly illustrated on almost every page with in-text compositions or headbands in various monochrome prints. Ornate frames around the texts. Enriched with a suite of compositions on wove paper. Ref. Vicaire VII:923. Prov. Léon Lambert (armorial bookplate).
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