264 - THEURIET, André. GIACOMELLI.

THEURIET, André. GIACOMELLI. Sous bois. New edition. Paris, L. Conquet, 1883. In-8 (22 x 14.5 cm), (3) ff., XIX-269 pp., (1) f. Later tobacco-colored morocco, ribbed spine, title and author’s name in gold, date at the foot, framing of multiple blind-stamped fillets in panels and on the covers, double gold fillet on the edges and caps, insides lined with olive morocco and adorned with mosaic foliage and gilt fleurons, brown silk endpapers, edges gilt on guards, in a half-bound slipcase with bands lined with sheepskin of the same shade, marbled slipcase [Mercier, successor to his father, 1912] (spine of the half-leather binding worn, some scuffing on the slipcase). Description: A very fine copy, perfectly bound by Mercier. An illustrated edition featuring 78 compositions by Hector Giacomelli, woodcut in black by Berveiller, Froment, Méaulle, and Rouget. Preface by Jules Claretie. Limited edition of 500 copies, including 150 special edition copies on large-format Japanese or Chinese paper. This copy is No. 149 on Chinese paper. Enriched with 4 watercolors signed by the artist: 3 plates (bound on pp. XIX, 83, and 167) and a vignette on the half-title page. Includes an early black-and-white print, the subscription prospectus; two versions of the cover, one with the illustration in bistre and the other in green.