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CATALOGUE DE TRÈS BEAUX LIVRES DE L'ÉPOQUE ROMANTIQUE IMPRIMÉS ENTRE LES ANNÉES 1803 - 1848, CLASSIQUES, TEXTES ORIGINAUX, LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS, TRÈS BELLES RELIURES.

- Paris : S.A. Georg, Libraires 1929 - small 4to. - contemporary half cloth and marbled paper-covered boards with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. - (iv), 64, (3) pages - Order Nr. 75712 - Price: $ 65.00

Bookseller's catalogue spotlighting works that were printed using new techniques in typography, illustration and binding that gained favor during the Romantic Era. Listed chronologically, 82 entries describe bindings in detail and cite information about illustrations therein. Handsomely printed with 82 plates, two in color. Separate indexes for works, authors and illustrators. Printed by A. Lahure. Wear at tips.

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HISTOIRE DU CHEVALIER DES GRIEUX ET DE MANON LESCAUT. by Prévost, L'Abbé Limited to 200 copies (Cahoon p.82; A Century for the Century 58). Printed by hand in Caslon Old Face on Hammer and Anvil paper. The illustrations and the decorations were printed in color using a silk screen process. Loosely inserted is the four page "A Note on the Manner of its Design and Printing." Spine faded with some cracking along hinges.