[BELTZ]. MÉRIMÉE (P.). Short stories: LES AMES DU PURGATOIRE - LA DAME DE PIQUE - LE HUSSARD - DJOUMANE - Théâtre: LE CARROSSE DU SAINT-SACREMENT. Strasbourg, Beltz [&] Schmied, 1949. Two books, large, in-4, ff. in publisher's slipcase and folder. ILLUSTRATED EDITION by Robert BELTZ with colored woodcuts by Théo SCHMIED. Limited edition of 200 numbered copies on Lana vellum. ONE of 168 numbered from 33 to 200. The play Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement has a separate folder.

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