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Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami. Paris, Victor Havard, 1885. In-12, [4]-441-[3bl.]p. First edition of this important realist novel, first serialized in Gil Blas. Binding signed Jadis (on the slipcase), full bottle-green morocco with foliage decoration, ribbed spine, gilt head, covers preserved (without the spine) and lined, untrimmed, a few freckles, slipcase lined. This is not a mosaic binding, but a decorated binding. The motifs are painted, as if lacquered, with ironwork to delimit each part. An astonishingly fine copy of one of Maupassant's great novels.

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Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami. Paris, Victor Havard, 1885. In-12, [4]-441-[3bl.]p. First edition of this important realist novel, first serialized in Gil Blas. Binding signed Jadis (on the slipcase), full bottle-green morocco with foliage decoration, ribbed spine, gilt head, covers preserved (without the spine) and lined, untrimmed, a few freckles, slipcase lined. This is not a mosaic binding, but a decorated binding. The motifs are painted, as if lacquered, with ironwork to delimit each part. An astonishingly fine copy of one of Maupassant's great novels.

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