DUMAS (Alexandre).

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DUMAS (Alexandre).
The Lady of the Camellias. Preface by Jules Janin. Edition illustrated by Gavarni. Paris, Librairie moderne, Gustave Havard, 1858. Large in-8, blue morocco, boards richly decorated with gilt fillets in frames with large gilt and mosaic corner motifs, spine ribbed and decorated in the same way, large gilt and mosaic interior return, cream illustrated cover preserved as well as the publisher's black illustrated percaline cover complete with spine, gilt edges on witnesses, slipcase (Pagnant) First edition. Title vignette and 20 wood-engraved plates after Gavarni. A superb copy with the black percaline cover intended for copies in the publisher's binding, the cover in new condition decorated on both boards and on the spine with very beautiful special gilt and mosaic irons. From the libraries of Arnold Schweitzer with ex-libris and Sam Clapp (2002, n° 303).
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