Author: UZANNE, OCT.,
Title: Le Miroir du Monde. Notes et sensations de la Vie Pittoresque. Orig. edn.
Description: Paris, Quantin, 1888. Large 8°. Thin blank wraps, original publ. dustjacket, large col. illustr. on front wrap. and large circular illustr. on lower outer wrap., illustrated and decorated spine, designed by Paul Avril. with supplementary limp full calf publ. wrap-around jacket richly blind-tooled japanese style coloured floral design on both sides, bold type gilded title on front side, green silk doublures inside jacket with floral design. Hf.title (verso with provenance) (iv), 163pp. With numerous col. ills., some full-p., some partly printed through the text, in lower & upper corners of the plates, with head-pieces in col., many pages printed within floral & ornamental borders, all designed by Paul AVRIL. A lavishly illustrated and very nice period-piece in original publisher's binding, with many relations to French female fashion (: Parisian), fans, decorating interiors of houses, salons, etc. Limited edn. of 2000 numb. copies, printed on Vélin de Hollande, this copy bears nr. 1780. With the seldomly found present extra wrap-around jacket. Uncut copy. Very rare. (heavy wear to spine of wrap-around jacket).

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