NERVAL (Gérard de) and LAPRADE (Pierre). Sylvie. Illustratio - Lot 241

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NERVAL (Gérard de) and LAPRADE (Pierre). Sylvie. Illustratio - Lot 241
NERVAL (Gérard de) and LAPRADE (Pierre). Sylvie. Illustrations by Pierre Laprade. An elegant copy of the first edition on Japon (N°5), with a suite of Pierre Laprade's illustrations in black, perfectly established by Semet et Plumelle. Paris, Ambroise Volland, 1938. In-folio (250x330 mm), fawn grosgrain morocco, smooth spine decorated with gilded flowers and lettering, gilded bouquet of flowers in the center of the boards, band of the same morocco set with two gold fillets and signed by the bookbinder (Semet & Plumelle) on the edge of the counterpads, brown nubuck lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, covers and spine preserved, in lined slipcase (Semet et Plumelle). 96 pages, 38 color compositions by Pierre Laprade engraved with etching and aquatint by R.Lacourière, including one frontispiece, a title vignette, and numerous headers, in-text vignettes and culs-de-lampe. Spine very slightly lightened. Charming edition of Gérard de Nerval's famous short story, with 38 color compositions by Pierre Laprade, etched and aquatinted by R. Lacourière. Edition of 250 numbered copies, this being one of the top 10 copies on Japon nacré with a suite of black illustrations (N°5). From the library of the architects Jean and Christian Langlois, with their ex-libris vignette on the flyleaf. A very fine copy, in perfect condition.
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