318 - VERLAINE. ROBAUDI, Alcide.

VERLAINE. ROBAUDI, Alcide. Fêtes Galantes. Paris, printed for Charles Meunier “Maison du Livre,” 1903. Large quarto, unpaginated, frontispiece, color engravings. Contemporary Bradel-style havana calfskin binding, marbled to imitate glue-bound paper—possibly from the publisher—spine decorated with a metal stamp featuring birds and foliage, author’s name and title gilded; cover and spine preserved; housed in an embossed slipcase with wavy motifs. (Spine slightly rubbed and faded, a few scattered pale foxing spots). Description: A charming volume, entirely engraved and mounted on tabs. Enriched with an original watercolor signed by Robaudi, bound at the head. Limited edition of 125 copies, including 22 on vellum; this is no. 33. Edition illustrated with 48 compositions by Alcide Robaudi, including 24 full-page plates, etched by H. Maccard and reproduced in color using the rotogravure process; tailpieces engraved with a burin by Raoul Serres. Text engraved with a burin by E. Lartaud. Very beautiful cover printed in chromolithography and gold. The inset plate listed in the colophon is missing, as is often the case. Includes a black-and-white set on laid paper of all the engravings, with the vignettes in sepia.