MUSSET (Alfred de). Love Is No Joke. Paris, L. Carteret, 190 - Lot 260

MUSSET (Alfred de). Love Is No Joke. Paris, L. Carteret, 1904. In-8, orange morocco leather, elaborate woodgrain decoration in the 18th-century style with pink fleurons, a blue-green border adorned with a garland of roses, a quiver and a torch, decorated spine, wide interior border adorned with lace, brocaded silk endpapers and lining, edges gilt on endpapers, cover, slipcase (E. Carayon). Illustrated cover and 35 original color lithographs by Louis Morin. A deluxe edition of 200 copies on Marais vellum paper, printed for Léopold Carteret, enhanced with a large original drawing by Louis Morin, signed, covering the half-title page.

Estimate:£424.12

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