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PREVOST (Abbé). The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux, illustrated by Tony Johannot, with a historical note on the author by Jules Janin. 1 volume, large oblong 8vo, half brown shagreen with corner pieces. Paris: Bourdin, n.d. (1839). FIRST EDITION featuring 18 woodcut plates, printed on mounted China paper, without text or printer’s name, and 65 vignettes based on Johannot’s drawings. Frontispiece portrait in monochrome of Abbé Prévost after Edouard Wattier. Minor tears in the margins on pp. 213–214 and 337–338, of no consequence. Copy in excellent condition, free of foxing. Ref: Vicaire VI, pp. 814–816; Carteret III, pp. 505–506
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