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188 - MAETERLINCK, Maurice. GIRALDON. FLORIAN.
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MAETERLINCK, Maurice. GIRALDON. FLORIAN. The Life of Bees. Paris, Librairie des amateurs, F. Ferroud, 1914–1918. Small quarto, Fawn half-calf with mosaic-patterned and painted corners from the period, smooth spine with decoration, covers highlighted with a gilt fillet and gilt head, original cover preserved [Flammarion Vaillant]. (A few scattered stains, slight rubbing on the edges and corners); Painted binding signed by Flammarion Vaillant. Quarto (254 x 172 mm). 30 illustrations based on works by Adolphe Giraldon, color woodcuts by Ernest Florian, including the frontispiece and 7 insert plates. A beautiful publication interrupted by the war and resumed in 1918, with the text set within a border. Printed in a run of 1,212 copies; this one is no. 214 marked “FF” in pencil ART NOUVEAU
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