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216 - FRANCE (Anatole). *Thaïs*. Paris: Plicque, 1924. A quarto-sized volume, bound in solid midnight-blue morocco leather with Egyptian-inspired decoration featuring winged scarabs, palmettes, and stylized plant motifs; the covers adorned with a wide mosaic border of havana and mahogany morocco leather accented with gold fillets; spine with five raised bands; compartments adorned with mosaic palmettes; endpapers lined with polychrome Art Deco-style patterned fabric featuring stylized flowers, foliage, and birds in shades of blue, pink, black, and gold; gilt head; original illustrated cover preserved (binding signed E. BUER in Lyon). Minor scuffing.
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FRANCE (Anatole). *Thaïs*. Paris: Plicque, 1924. A quarto-sized volume, bound in solid midnight-blue morocco leather with Egyptian-inspired decoration featuring winged scarabs, palmettes, and stylized plant motifs; the covers adorned with a wide mosaic border of havana and mahogany morocco leather accented with gold fillets; spine with five raised bands; compartments adorned with mosaic palmettes; endpapers lined with polychrome Art Deco-style patterned fabric featuring stylized flowers, foliage, and birds in shades of blue, pink, black, and gold; gilt head; original illustrated cover preserved (binding signed E. BUER in Lyon). Minor scuffing. Illustrated edition featuring 21 black-and-white compositions (in the text and as inserts) and a color cover by Raphaël FREIDA. Limited edition of 780 copies; this is one of the 700 numbered copies on Rives paper. E. Buer worked in Lyon from 1920 until around 1950.
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