HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). *La Cathédrale*. Paris, A. Blaizot, R - Lot 302

HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). *La Cathédrale*. Paris, A. Blaizot, René Kieffer, 1909. In-4, midnight blue morocco leather, cover decoration divided into three parts: in the center, three bouquets of mosaic lilies; above and below, two similar compartments each containing a large mosaic rose window featuring a cross and lilies, surrounded by four compartments filled with purple foliage and yellow flowers, spine decorated in the same style, with a large central lily and the title in Gothic letters, lining adorned with an etching printed on silk, multicolored silk endpapers, edges gilt on endpapers, cover and spine, slipcase (René Kieffer). 64 original etchings by Charles Jouas. From the Éclectique Collection. Printed in an edition of 250 copies: one of the 20 first-edition copies, this one on Japanese paper containing three states of the etchings, including the pure etching, and an original full-page composition by the illustrator.

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