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Thursday 09 March 2023 e Friday 10 March 2023, 03:00 PM • Rome

253

Illustrati francesi - Balzac, Honoré de

Le Péché veniel, 1901

Estimate

€ 50 - 100

Sold

€ 65

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Paris, Charles Bosse, 1901. In large 8th. Portrait of the author on the frontispiece, illustration on the title page in red and black 32 etched illustrations in the text by Paul Avril, each protected by vellum, the editorial cover preserved, printed in an elegant period binding in red morocco, with plates in the center a stylized gold-embossed plaque, gilt-decorated spine, author and title, marbled hardcover case.


Specialist Notes

Refined French illustrated book in a limited edition of 400 copies. ours is no. 178 (of 200), drawn on Whatman paper with double suite of etchings.