Author: (Jacquier). Lamartine, A. de.
Title: Graziella. Translated by Ralph Wright.
Description: London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. 1929. - Small octavo, decorative red, green & tan cloth with a printed paper label on the spine, in a plain gray cardboard slipcase. The label is darkened & the spine is slightly darkened. The slipcase is lightly soiled & chipped. Title & 189 & [1] pages plus colophon. 30 illustrations by Jacquier, including a color frontispiece, 4 full-page color illustrations & textual illustrations in black on a cream ground. Very good.

Number 219 of a limited edition of 1,600 copies. The book "has been printed on Arches paper by Robert MacLehose & Co. Ltd. and the illustrations in color have been stencilled by The Curwen Press which has also printed the binding cloth: the whole under the care of Francis Meynell" [from the colophon]. Very good .

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATOR; JACQUIER; LITERATURE; FRENCH; A. DE LAMARTINE; GRAZIELLA; TRANSLATOR; RALPH WRIGHT; LIMITED EDITION; CURWEN PRESS; FRANCIS MEYNELL.

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