Le père Goriot

Illustrated edition in first printing with 10 hors-texte plates by Lynch, etched by Abot. Printed on Arches laid paper.
Contemporary half-navy shagreen binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with multiple roulettes on the bands and between the bands, with series of fillets, a large central mirrored tool and two other tools, all in blind and gilt. Double fillet border on boards. Top edge gilt. Spine turned green. Fresh throughout, and full-margined.
A handsome copy.