[BINDINGS]. SHAKESPEARE, William. -- GAUTIER, Theophile. -- FLAUBERT, Gustave. -- BOURGET, Paul. -- MUSSET, Alfred de -- LONGUS.
Romeo and Juliet; Anthony and Cleopatra; King Candaules; A Night of Cleopatra; Jean and Jeannette; Daphnis and Chloe; Herodias; A Simple Heart; Pastels; The Last Abbe. Edition Artistique. Paris: Societe des Beaux Arts, n.d.
10 volumes, 4to (260 x 194 mm). Engraved color frontispieces, numerous plates, most in two states, colored and uncolored, numerous illustrations all after Paul Avril, A. Robaudi, Raphael Collin and others. Green crushed levant, covers gilt with white, red and violet morocco onlay pansies, spines in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with gilt floral tooling and onlays, board edges gilt, wide turn-ins gilt, crushed red levant doublures with gilt and blue blue morocco onlay centerpieces, red watered silk flyleaves, top edges gilt, others uncut (some light rubbing or slight sunning).LIMITED EDITION, number 73 of 75 copies of the "EDITION ARTISTIQUE" on Japan paper printed for England and America.
Property from the Estate of Avis Hope Truska, Scottsdale, Arizona
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