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MIRBEAU (Octave). Le Calvaire. Paris, Libraire Paul Ollendorff, 1901. In-8, brown half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine adorned with a mosaic decoration in shades of brown, of two branches, one with flowers, entwining a cross, gilt head, cons. cover and spine, modern case (David). Illustrations by Pierre Georges Jeanniot. One of 20 copies on old Japon, with a suite of illustrations on chine, this one no. 20. Includes an original signed pen-and-ink drawing by Jeanniot (245 x 160 mm, with foxing), the cover for the illustrated in-12 edition, preserved in its entirety, and a proof before the letter of the first cover. Ex-libris JCD and Dr. R. Ravaud.
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MIRBEAU (Octave). Le Calvaire. Paris, Libraire Paul Ollendorff, 1901. In-8, brown half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine adorned with a mosaic decoration in shades of brown, of two branches, one with flowers, entwining a cross, gilt head, cons. cover and spine, modern case (David). Illustrations by Pierre Georges Jeanniot. One of 20 copies on old Japon, with a suite of illustrations on chine, this one no. 20. Includes an original signed pen-and-ink drawing by Jeanniot (245 x 160 mm, with foxing), the cover for the illustrated in-12 edition, preserved in its entirety, and a proof before the letter of the first cover. Ex-libris JCD and Dr. R. Ravaud.
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