UZANNE (Octave). The mirror of the world. Notes and sensatio - Lot 667

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UZANNE (Octave). The mirror of the world. Notes and sensatio - Lot 667
UZANNE (Octave). The mirror of the world. Notes and sensations of the picturesque life. Paris, Quantin, 1888. In-4, paperback, filled illustrated cover, Japanese leather publisher's bookcase with cold-stamped and polychromed inner corners with vegetal, flower and insect decoration, gilt title on the upper cover, letters imitating bamboo, gilt author's name on the spine, havana satin lining decorated with blossoming flowers (small tear at the head of the bookcase spine; book uncropped, rare freckles). First edition, decorated with numerous illustrations in black, bistre, blue and colours by Paul Avril. One of the 2000 copies on Hollande vellum (n°544). According to Vicaire, this bookplate was made for half of the ordinary copies and the large japon; one rarely finds copies as well preserved as this one. (Vicaire, VII, 926-927).
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