SAND, Maurice.

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SAND, Maurice.
Masks and Jesters (Italian Comedy). Text and drawings by Maurice Sand, engravings by A. Manceau, preface by George Sand. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1860. 2 volumes in-4 (268 x 181 mm) of VIII, 356 pp., 2 ff.n.ch., 25 plates (including the frontispiece) engraved and coloured for volume I; 2 ff.n.ch., 384 pp., 25 plates engraved and coloured for volume II; aubergine morocco, wide gilded border of frame, ornate spine ribs, roulette on the cups, gilded edges (Potier). First edition. A copy of the deluxe edition, on vellum paper, and with its 50 coloured plates. Beautiful book published by the ? son of George Sand, he made himself, next to his mother's great reputation, a certain notoriety as a writer. He published at Revue des Deux Mondes some novels ? (Carteret). The copies in full signed binding of the time are rare. Some freckles, bit rubs. Vicar, VII, 330; Carteret, II, 321; Fléty, 146.
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