Author: BALZAC. HONORE DE. --- BOSSCHERE. JEAN DE, Illustrates.
Title: TEN DROLL TALES. Rendered faithfully into English by J. Lewis May, with an introduction by Andre Maurois.
Description: John Lane The Bodley Head. London. 1926. LIMITED EDITION. 8vo. (9.3 x 6.2 inches). One of 3000 numbered copies printed, this is number 109. Finely illustrated with 8 mono and 16 colour Pochoir full page plates, plus several smaller character drawings as chapter headings by Jean De Boscherre. Finely bound in late twentieth century full dark blue Morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Double gilt ruled border on boards. Board edges with gilt piping. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A fine copy of this beautiful book. The binding is unsigned but is the work of a master bookbinder.

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