GIRALDON, Adolphe (illustrator). Chansonnier Normand. Préface de Joseph l' Hopital. Table Historique de A. Join-Lambert, Paris: Aux Dépens de la Société Normande du Livre Illustré, 1905, small 2° (298 x 186mm.), limited to 125 copies, this number 2 for the typographer, Raymond Claude-Lafontaine, wood-engraved portraits and decorations printed in colours by Giraldon and an extra suite of the portraits wood-engraved on vélin paper bound at end, contemporary red morocco gilt by Canape, pictorial design of coloured onlays on upper cover and monogram on lower cover, green morocco liners with gilt floral border decoration, patterned silk endpapers, g.e., red morocco sleeve, slipcase.

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GIRALDON, Adolphe (illustrator). Chansonnier Normand. Préface de Joseph l' Hopital. Table Historique de A. Join-Lambert, Paris: Aux Dépens de la Société Normande du Livre Illustré, 1905, small 2° (298 x 186mm.), limited to 125 copies, this number 2 for the typographer, Raymond Claude-Lafontaine, wood-engraved portraits and decorations printed in colours by Giraldon and an extra suite of the portraits wood-engraved on vélin paper bound at end, contemporary red morocco gilt by Canape, pictorial design of coloured onlays on upper cover and monogram on lower cover, green morocco liners with gilt floral border decoration, patterned silk endpapers, g.e., red morocco sleeve, slipcase.

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Bound in are various examples of Adolphe Giraldon's original artwork for the book including drawings for 2 decorated pages, the publisher's device (one on tracing paper) and the coloured design for the binding.

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