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336 - FORT (Paul). French Ballads: Mountains, Forests, Plains, Sea. Paris: Cercle lyonnais du Livre, 1927. Quarto, green morocco leather, with a vertical plaque of light green morocco leather inlaid in the center of the front cover, adorned with a design of cold-gilded stems bearing fruit and multicolored petals, a geometric pattern of gilded lines, a burgundy band forming the base of the composition, reduced to a few horizontal bands on the back cover and spine, double gold band on the inside, lining and endpapers of brocaded silk with a floral design in silver thread, gilt headband, untrimmed, cover and spine, slipcase, case (G. Cretté, successor to Marius Michel).
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FORT (Paul). French Ballads: Mountains, Forests, Plains, Sea. Paris: Cercle lyonnais du Livre, 1927. Quarto, green morocco leather, with a vertical plaque of light green morocco leather inlaid in the center of the front cover, adorned with a design of cold-gilded stems bearing fruit and multicolored petals, a geometric pattern of gilded lines, a burgundy band forming the base of the composition, reduced to a few horizontal bands on the back cover and spine, double gold band on the inside, lining and endpapers of brocaded silk with a floral design in silver thread, gilt headband, untrimmed, cover and spine, slipcase, case (G. Cretté, successor to Marius Michel). 4 large title bands with columnar decoration, 24 full-page illustrations, 28 title bands and line ends, woodcuts in color by François-Louis Schmied. Printed in an edition of 165 copies; this one was printed for Charles Meunier. Attractive Cretté binding with decoration inspired by the cover illustration. Slipcase worn.
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