286 - FLAUBERT. BUSSIÈRE, Gaston.

FLAUBERT. BUSSIÈRE, Gaston. Salammbô. Paris, A. Ferroud and F. Ferroud, 1921. 2 in-12 volumes, (2)-263-(1) pp. and (4)-254-(1) pp. Contemporary cyan morocco, ribbed spine highlighted with blind-stamped fillets, guilloché end caps, double gilt fillet on the edges, blue tabis endpapers, double marbled paper endpapers, morocco leather border adorned with gilt garlands on the endpapers, gilt edges on end-paper strips, cover and spine preserved, in marbled slipcases [Ch. de Samblanx] (spine very slightly tarnished). Description: One of 30 special editions on Japanese paper in an elegant morocco binding signed by Samblanx. Limited edition of 1,200 copies, including 30 on Japanese paper; this is no. 12 with Ferroud’s handwritten signature. Adorned with an original watercolor signed by G. Bussière on the half-title page. Includes four states of the engravings: the pure etching; the finished etching with a retouch; the etching with the letter and an original color suite, with a note, of all the insert illustrations, by Paul Haasen, based on the illustrator’s plates. A black-and-white and color suite of the headpieces and tailpieces.