MARIUS-MICHEL fils (HENRI-FRANÇOIS-VICTOR MICHEL), binder. ALEXANDRE LUNOIS, artist. MÉRIMÉE, PROSPER. Mateo Falcone. Paris: L. Carteret 1906. 8vo, 288 x 188 x 23mm. (11 5/16 x 7 3/8 x 7/8in.), red crushed levant Jansenist morocco, spine in five compartments, two gilt-lettered, olive morocco doublures with triple gilt fillet and onlaid brown morocco border surrounding a frame of strawberry plants in gilt-outlined red and green morocco, silk brocade liners, t.e.g., others gilt on the rough, gilt-stamped on upper turn-in: "Marius-Michel", upper cover with small nick to lower board edge and tiny abrasion to upper board edge, slight abrasion to head of spine, spine slightly discolored, matching morocco-edged slipcase, a bit rubbed. LIMITED EDITION, no. 119 of the edition of 250 copies on vélin blanc (including 50 with artist's proofs), 15 text wood engravings and one wood-engraved ornamental initial after Lunois. Carteret IV, 279.

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MARIUS-MICHEL fils (HENRI-FRANÇOIS-VICTOR MICHEL), binder. ALEXANDRE LUNOIS, artist. MÉRIMÉE, PROSPER. Mateo Falcone. Paris: L. Carteret 1906. 8vo, 288 x 188 x 23mm. (11 5/16 x 7 3/8 x 7/8in.), red crushed levant Jansenist morocco, spine in five compartments, two gilt-lettered, olive morocco doublures with triple gilt fillet and onlaid brown morocco border surrounding a frame of strawberry plants in gilt-outlined red and green morocco, silk brocade liners, t.e.g., others gilt on the rough, gilt-stamped on upper turn-in: "Marius-Michel", upper cover with small nick to lower board edge and tiny abrasion to upper board edge, slight abrasion to head of spine, spine slightly discolored, matching morocco-edged slipcase, a bit rubbed. LIMITED EDITION, no. 119 of the edition of 250 copies on vélin blanc (including 50 with artist's proofs), 15 text wood engravings and one wood-engraved ornamental initial after Lunois. Carteret IV, 279.

Provenance: From the collection of the Duchess of Marlborough (formerly Gladys Deacon).