260 - STENDHAL. DUBOUCHET.

STENDHAL. DUBOUCHET. The Red and the Black. Paris, L. Conquet, 1884. 3 volumes, in-8 (26 x 18 cm), (3) folios including a portrait, XXIV-324 pp.; (2) ff., 338 pp., and (2) ff., 376 pp. Red morocco leather binding of the period, ribbed spine, author’s name, title, and volume number in gold, date at the bottom, multiple gold fillets framing the panels, covers and endpapers, double gilt line on the headbands and footbands, brown tabis linings on the endpapers and flyleaves, gilt edges, covers and spine preserved, in a marbled slipcase [Canape] (slight rubbing on the slipcase). Description: A fine copy, elegantly bound by Canape. Text printed from the original edition and illustrated with 80 etchings by H. Dubouchet. A verbatim reprint of the original edition, illustrated with 79 etchings (despite the title stating 80) by Henri-Joseph Dubouchet, including a frontispiece portrait. Preface by Léon Chapron. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies on Japanese paper or vellum; this is an unnumbered copy printed on Japanese paper, inscribed to “Monsieur Giacomelli / Cordial souvenir, L. Conquet.” Enriched with a double suite in black ink and the subscription prospectus.