Romain Raparlier

New edition printed in 100 numbered copies on vellum.
Full brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, one joint slightly cracked at head, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of interlaced triple gilt fillets with decorative corners and gilt floral motifs at angles on full red morocco doublures, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, double gilt fillets on leading edges, superb near-contemporary binding by P.R. Raparlier.
Work illustrated with 6 plates including 1 frontispiece by Lefebvre.
Some foxing mainly at the beginning of the volume.
Copy perfectly executed in a signed doublure binding by P.R. Raparlier.

First edition, a small octavo edition with the same pagination having appeared on the same date. Fine typographic printing by Didot on deluxe laid paper. 6 figures by Lefèvre in double state, and engraved by Godefroy.
Full blonde morocco binding, late 19th century, signed R. Raparlier. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Title and date in gilt. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Gilt edges. Wide interior borders. Restoration to first compartment over 1cm. Rubbing to headcaps, joints and corners. Light tears to front board. Loss of gilding to fillet frame on rear board. Handsome copy nevertheless.
Small adventure novel set in the Middle Ages at the time of the first crusades, in Bellegrade, Hungary; the author begins with a critique of the barbarism of feudal times, which only the virtue and heart of women redeemed from brutality. Notable is the critical vision of history, a post-revolutionary perception of events.
Bookplate, Remusat's armorial stamp with his motto: Boute et ne doute