MUSSET, Alfred de; PILLE, Henry and LAMI, Eugène et. OEuvres - Lot 204

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MUSSET, Alfred de; PILLE, Henry and LAMI, Eugène et. OEuvres - Lot 204
MUSSET, Alfred de; PILLE, Henry and LAMI, Eugène et. OEuvres. Illustrations by Henri Pille etched by Louis Monziès. Enriched with a suite of watercolors by Eugène Lami, etched by Adolphe Lalauze. Paris, Damascène Morgand and Alphonse Lemerre, 1883 and 1884-1895. 10 volumes in-4, black half-maroquin with corners edged with gold fillet, spines with faux-nerves, gold lettering, gilt head, covers and spines preserved. Approx. 500 pages per volume, a suite of 42 in- and out-of-text etchings on papier de hollande, engraved by Louis Monziès after drawings by Henri Pille, a suite of watercolors by Eugène Lami engraved with etching by Adolphe Lalauze (including 1 engraved title, adorned with the author's portrait, 1 facsimile of a letter from Alexandre Dumas fils to the publisher Morgand, 57 hors-texte plates, a table of illustrations, adorned with 1 vignette), all under a serpente. Ornamental headbands, initials and endpapers. Rubbing with slight loss, white marks on the leather of some volumes. Some foxing. Remarkable edition of the complete works of Alfred de Musset published by Alphonse Lemerre between 1884 and 1895, decorated with 42 etchings by Henri Pille engraved by Louis Monziès. Limited edition of 1,200 copies, numbered and initialled by the publisher, this being one of 1,100 copies on Hollande paper (N°163). A precious copy enriched with the suite of watercolors by Eugène Lami etched by Adolphe Lalauze, published by Damascène Morgand in 1883. This suite includes: 1 engraved title, adorned with the author's portrait, 1 facsimile of a letter from Alexandre Dumas fils to the publisher Morgand, 57 hors-texte prints, and an engraved vignette at the head of the table of illustrations. [Vicaire, V, 1292-1293]. Complete work in 10 volumes. A fine and rare copy, well established in its original state.
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