LONGUS. Daphnis and Chloe. Preface by Jules... - Lot 123 - Euvrard & Fabre

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LONGUS. Daphnis and Chloe. Preface by Jules... - Lot 123 - Euvrard & Fabre
LONGUS. Daphnis and Chloe. Preface by Jules Claretie. Paris, H. Launette et Cie, G. Boudet, 1890; grd in-8, mar. brun, author and gilt title on the spine mos. and gilt, dishes richly decorated with beige mar. listels frame with interlacing and mos. motifs and in the center of each dish an original watercolor presenting 2 landscapes, int. listels and gilt, and in the middle of each dish an.., lined with lilac moire guards, gilt tr. on witnesses, cover and back cons., half-mar. shirt with flaps and case (Giraldon and Noulhac 1920). Edition based on a translation by Jacques Amyot, revised, corrected and completed by Paul-Louis Courier. 41 compositions by Raphaël Collin engraved in etching by Champollion. One of the 50 copies on vat-paper, this one with the frontispiece engraved especially for the luxury copies and the engravings in double state. Bound at the end are: the subscription leaflet, a printed letter from G. Boudet, from A. FERROUD and an extract of the MODERN BOOK of March 10, 1890.
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