HOUSSAYE (Arsène) and GIRALDON (Adolphe). Aspasia – Cleopatr - Lot 154

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HOUSSAYE (Arsène) and GIRALDON (Adolphe). Aspasia – Cleopatr - Lot 154
HOUSSAYE (Arsène) and GIRALDON (Adolphe). Aspasia – Cleopatra – Theodora. Illustrations by A. Giraldon. Elegant binding by Marius Michel lined with a beautiful Egyptian-inspired mosaic, containing the first illustrated edition, adorned with 60 compositions by Adolphe Giraldon. Paris, Chamerot and Renouard, 1899. Large 8vo (170x260 mm), beige morocco, spine with 4 raised bands cold-stamped, two strips of red and black morocco edged with a gold fillet framing the spaces between the bands, covers similarly decorated, double gold fillet on the edges, olive morocco linings framed by a gold fillet and studded with small gold flowers and inlaid with red, gray, and black morocco, "Marius Michel" signature in the leather, double endpapers, edges gilt on endpapers, covers preserved, edged slipcase (Marius Michel). III, 294 pages and 8 unnumbered folios (list of Society members), 60 compositions by Adolphe Giraldon, wood-engraved by Quesnel and tinted in color and gold, including 1 frontispiece, 3 full-page drawings, 27 in medallions, 27 tailpieces, and 2 headpieces. Minor scratches on the covers, slight wear on the edges of the slipcase. First illustrated edition, adorned with 60 compositions by Adolphe Giraldon, wood-engraved by Quesnel and hand-colored in gold and color by Ducourtioux and Huillard. Limited edition of 120 copies, this one being no. 91, containing a set of black-and-white illustrations on Chinese paper. Charming binding by Marius Michel, in perfect condition.
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