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MARDRUS (J.-C.). Contes des mille et une nuits. Paris, Editions de La Belle Etoile, 1939. 3 vol. in-8 in red half-marquin, mosaic ribbed spine. Illustrations by Jacques TOUCHET, including 30 out-of-text illustrations and 11 hand-colored vignettes by Beaufumé, and numerous black drawings in the text. Ex.1146/1500.

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MARDRUS (J.-C.). Contes des mille et une nuits. Paris, Editions de La Belle Etoile, 1939. 3 vol. in-8 in red half-marquin, mosaic ribbed spine. Illustrations by Jacques TOUCHET, including 30 out-of-text illustrations and 11 hand-colored vignettes by Beaufumé, and numerous black drawings in the text. Ex.1146/1500.

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