223 - PREVOST, Abbé, and HEDOUIN, Edmond. The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux.

PREVOST, Abbé, and HEDOUIN, Edmond. The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, Jouaust, 1874. In-8 (17 x 11 cm), green half-maroquin with corner caps, decorated spine, title and volume number in gold. Publication year and owner’s initials L.B. on the tail. Gold-edged top edge. Covers preserved. Two volumes: XXXII and 172 pp. - 139 pp. Spine slightly faded, minimal scuffing on the raised bands. A luxurious edition of the story of *Manon Lescaut*, illustrated with six etchings by Hédouin, including a portrait of the author as a frontispiece and five separate plates. A limited edition comprising 200 numbered copies, including 15 on China paper and 15 on Whatman paper with double proofs, and 170 on Holland paper in sheet form. This untrimmed copy is on Holland paper. A beautiful, untrimmed copy in very good condition, bound in an attractive binding by Pétrus Ruban, one of the great bookbinders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Villefranche-sur-Saône in 1851, he practiced in Paris from 1879 to 1910; he passed away in Neuilly on April 21, 1929, at the age of 79. He had set up his first workshop at 16 Rue Dauphine before moving it to 9 Rue de Savoie in 1896.