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256 - Madame de LA FAYETTE. GARNIER, Jules.
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Madame de LA FAYETTE. GARNIER, Jules. The Princess of Clèves. Paris, L. Conquet, 1889. In-8 (24 x 16 cm), XXVIII-344-(1) pp. Contemporary blue morocco leather, ribbed spine, title and date in gold, richly decorated with panels and gold metalwork and fillets on the covers, guilloché caps, double gold fillet on the edges, inner covers lined with red morocco leather featuring a double border composed of fillets, gilded metalwork and scrollwork, fine turquoise silk lining woven with a floral pattern on the endpapers, gilt edges, original cover preserved, in a marbled slipcase [Chambolle-Duru]. (Minor scuffs on the slipcase). Description: A very fine copy, perfectly bound by Chambolle-Duru. The illustrations consist of a frontispiece portrait and 12 in-text vignettes etched by A. Lamotte after Jules Garnier. Preface by Anatole France. Limited edition of 500 copies, including 150 special editions on Imperial Japan paper or Marais vellum; this copy is No. 28 on Imperial Japan paper, initialed by the publisher. Provenance: modern bookplate with the engraved initials L.D.
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