The elegant laid paper (vergé de Hollande), with its wire and chain lines, is the illustrious descendant of the vergés invented in France by Protestant craftsmen who took refuge in the Netherlands after Louis XIV ordered the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Although this fine paper is not very sensitive to foxing and ageing, it is rarely used for the very limited issues reserved for the author or a few bibliophiles. Laid paper is nevertheless the preferred special paper for limited issues of most novels of the late 19th and 20th centuries. This thick, supple paper, with a smooth ivory color, soaks up light and delightfully blends it with ink. It's the ideal medium for rereading your favorite texts.
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, ours being one of the hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded and showing traces of rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Canape & Corriez.
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, the only deluxe copies (grand papier) after 10 Montval.
Beautiful copy.
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Beautiful copy.
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches paper, deluxe copies ("tirage de tê").
Bound in brown half morocco, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Nice copy.
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on Lafuma de Voiron and reimposed in quarto Tellière format, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Spine and cover slightly and marginally sunned.
Nice copy.
