Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1898|18 x 26.50 cm|relié
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Edition illustrated with 41 original etchings by Auguste Lepère, including a frontispiece, 20 headpieces, 20 tailpieces as well as 20 historiated initials printed in two colors The work is printed in 250 numbered copies on vélin du Marais justified by the publisher. Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of pebbled paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Stroobants. Some minor foxing affecting mainly the last leaves at head. Handsome copy perfectly established.