Edmond Deman | Bruxelles 1899 | 20 x 27,5 cm bound in morocco with custom slipcase
Edition partly original and first typographic edition published after the extremely rare 1887 edition in facsimile, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan, justified by Edmond Demain, the
tirage de tête.
Binding in full dark blue morocco, spine in five compartments with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt panels adorned with gilt floral motifs and brightened with pieces of red mosaic morocco for the petals, gilt date at the foot, gilt roll tooling on the spine ends, frame of triple gilt fillets on the boards, iridescent beige silk endpapers, frame of a gilt floral dentelle on the pastedown endpapers, covers and spine preserved, double gilt fillets on the leading edges, all edges gilt, slipcase lined with midnight blue morocco, marbled paper boards, beige felt interior, magnificent binding signed Maylander.
A very beautiful copy perfectly set by one of the best binders of the early 20th century.