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La Mouche by Alfred de Musset – Illustrations by Adolphe Lalauze
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Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, 1892.
Illustrations: Adolphe Lalauze (1838 – 1906)
Preface: Philippe Gille
Limited Edition
8vo, 9 1/8 x 6 inches (231 x 153 mm); xvi, 84, (3) pp.; printed on Velin d'Arches paper with rubricated title. 30 engravings by Adolphe Lalauze (1838 – 1906): frontispiece of the author, title vignette, 7 full-page engravings, 21 in-text and tailpieces; tissue guards. Elegant binding by Ch. Meunier (gilt stamp at tail of spine), three quarter green-brown calf, gilt edges, marbled boards; spine with gilt title, floral scrolls and red highlights; marbled endpapers; paper covers bound in; green and gold headbands, t.e.g. Armorial bookplate of Soldati-Hubbard de Veaux pasted inside front cover.
Copy 339 of 500, numbered in ink on limitation page.
[Carteret IV, 297].
A refined and beautifully bound edition of Alfred de Musset's novella, first published in 1853. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century) which is the tale of his celebrated love affair with George Sand in 1833–1835, as told from his point of view.
Condition: Fine
- Dimensions:Height: 9.1 in (23.1 cm)Width: 6.03 in (15.3 cm)Depth: 0.99 in (2.5 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1892
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Middletown, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: BH14531stDibs: LU8340241451802
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