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BANVILLE, Théodore de (1823-91). Les Princesses. Paris: A. Ferroud et F. Ferroud, 1904. 4° (280 x 193mm). Half-title, etched frontispiece, title in red and black with etched vignette, 21 plates, one head- and one tailpiece, all in two states, by E. Decisy after Georges Rochegrosse, text in red and black within gilt border, a specimen of the work bound in at end containing one plate. Brown morocco gilt by Pagnant, covers with a mosaic border of twining white convolvulus and red daisies, later gilt supralibros at center, the same motif repeated with onlays on spine, morocco doublures with tooled and onlaid border, free endpapers of patterned silk, original wrappers bound in, gilt edges, slipcase. NUMBER 106 OF 130 COPIES on 'papier du Japon ou grand vélin d'Arches', overall limitation of 400 copies. FINE MOSAIC BINDING BY PAGNANT.
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BANVILLE, Théodore de (1823-91). Les Princesses. Paris: A. Ferroud et F. Ferroud, 1904. 4° (280 x 193mm). Half-title, etched frontispiece, title in red and black with etched vignette, 21 plates, one head- and one tailpiece, all in two states, by E. Decisy after Georges Rochegrosse, text in red and black within gilt border, a specimen of the work bound in at end containing one plate. Brown morocco gilt by Pagnant, covers with a mosaic border of twining white convolvulus and red daisies, later gilt supralibros at center, the same motif repeated with onlays on spine, morocco doublures with tooled and onlaid border, free endpapers of patterned silk, original wrappers bound in, gilt edges, slipcase. NUMBER 106 OF 130 COPIES on 'papier du Japon ou grand vélin d'Arches', overall limitation of 400 copies. FINE MOSAIC BINDING BY PAGNANT.
With 6 other volumes in fine bindings, including Mes souvenirs by Banville, bound by P. Ruban with a mosaic of pansies on spine; two editions of Les fleurs de mal with onlays on the theme of a poisonous or prickly flower, the larger binding signed by Pagnant; and Charles Asselineau's biography of Baudelaire (Paris: 1869) bound in red morocco gilt by Cuzin. (7)
With 6 other volumes in fine bindings, including Mes souvenirs by Banville, bound by P. Ruban with a mosaic of pansies on spine; two editions of Les fleurs de mal with onlays on the theme of a poisonous or prickly flower, the larger binding signed by Pagnant; and Charles Asselineau's biography of Baudelaire (Paris: 1869) bound in red morocco gilt by Cuzin. (7)