[GERMAIN, Louise-Denise] - MUSSET, Alfred de.

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[GERMAIN, Louise-Denise] - MUSSET, Alfred de.
Rolla. Compositions by Georges Desvallières reproduced in colors by Fortier and Marotte. Paris, librairie de la Collection des dix, A. Romagnol, 1906. Large in-8 [279 x 188] of (2) ff, 58 ff. badly foliated 56, (2) ff. : brown calf shaded in red, orange and blue, partially hammered, boards decorated with sets of oblique lines flashed in gold and silver, evoking scratches, title of the work with a silver flashed stylus on the first board, smooth spine decorated with oblique lines flashed in silver, quintuple gilt fillet framing the inside, painted linings and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case, modern blue cloth slipcase (Louise-Denise Germain). Edition illustrated with 24 compositions by Georges Desvallières reproduced in colors by Fortier and Marotte, including one on the cover and five on full page. Limited edition of 300 copies. Numbered copy on vellum paper, containing four states of the full page illustrations and three of the vignettes (n° 44). Fabienne Le Bars underlines the quality of the work of patina and color shading of the leathers, enriched with hammerings and lines of gold or silver lamé. The decorated papers of linings and endpapers are very attractive. Nice copy, enriched with the publication prospectus bound at the end. Hinges cracked. Some rare spotting. Provenance : René Kieffer - Michel Kieffer (sale 1999, n° 168). - Michel Wittock (sale VI, 2015, n° 71). Exhibition : - Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 2004, p. 36. - Brussels, Une vie, une collection, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 2008-2009, n° 104. - Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 2017, n°13.
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