FLAUBERT (Gustave) - ROCHEGROSSE (Georges). Hérodias. Preface by Anatole France. Paris: Librairie des amateurs, A. Ferroud, 1892. - In-8, 250 x 160: (2 ff.), XXXII, 88 pp. (2 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet on covers, ornate ribbed spine, interior gilt lace, gilt edges on witnesses, cover preserved, case (Chambolle-Duru). Separate first edition, illustrated with 21 etchings by Georges ROCHEGROSSE (1859-1938), 4 full-page and 17 in the text. Edition of 500 copies. One of 100 on japon or grand vélin d'Arches, here on japon, containing a suite of etchings in avant la lettre condition with remarks. A fine copy bound by Chambolle-Duru, enriched with the publication prospectus. A tear at the bottom of the spine.

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