BOURGES, Élémir. MALTESTE., The Child Who Returns.

Paris, Librairie de la Collection A. Romagnol, 1905. Large 8vo (27 x 19 cm), (2) folios, XL pages (including the calligraphic text shown in the illustration) and 12 pages (typeset text). Contemporary midnight blue morocco, entirely decorated with mosaic violets; spine with four raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raise guilloché cap ends, endpapers lined with olive morocco and framed by three gilt fillets and a gilt border, endpapers lined with violet tabis, gilt edges on endpapers, original cover preserved, in a half-bound slipcase with bands, marbled slipcase [Noulhac, 1910] (spine of the slipcase very slightly rubbed, interior in very fresh condition).

Estimate:£167.17

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