270 - BALZAC. ROBAUDI, Alcide Théophile.

BALZAC. ROBAUDI, Alcide Théophile. The Thirty-Year-Old Woman. Paris, L. Carteret, 1902. In-4 (25 x 25 cm), (2) ff., 286 pp., (1) ff. Contemporary red morocco, ribbed spine, author, title, and date in gold, multiple gold fillets forming a geometric frame around the panels and covers, guilloché caps, double gilt line on the edges, endpapers lined with petrol-blue morocco, edged with mosaic daffodils, endpapers lined with red silk, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, housed in a half-bound slipcase with a richly decorated spine and a blue sheepskin lining, and a marbled slipcase [Mercier Sx. de Cuzin] (some scuffing on the slipcase). Provenance: Ex-libris of Aimé Laurent. Description: A very fine illustrated edition featuring 36 compositions—including one on the cover—by Alcide Théophile Robaudi, engraved with burin and etched by Henri Manesse. A unique copy printed for Albert Bélinac, a French textile and silk manufacturer, in Saint-Étienne between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who acquired the drawings. Includes 36 original drawings, signed by the artist, executed in pencil, black watercolor, and wash. Also features black-and-white engravings, some signed by the engraver and the artist, and a subscription prospectus. Bound in a superb morocco leather binding by Mercier.