DAUDET (Alphonse). *L'Arlésienne*. A play in three acts and - Lot 294

DAUDET (Alphonse). *L'Arlésienne*. A play in three acts and five scenes. Paris, Auguste Blaizot, 1911. Large 8vo, brown morocco leather, bound with a double gilt fillet and a wide tobacco-colored band interrupted at the corners, which feature a mosaic-like composition of pinecones and foliage, spine adorned with a green band; interior frame decorated with two gold fillets and an orange band; at the corners, yellow water lily flowers; lining and endpapers of moiré with green and pink sheen; edges gilt on endpapers, slipcase (Ch. Meunier 1912). 20 compositions by Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet, etched by Xavier Lesueur. Printed in an edition of 278 copies; this one is one of 25 on antique Japanese paper, featuring three states of the etchings and an unpublished original drawing by Guillonnet.

Estimate:£500.79

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