Là-Bas. Images de Henry Chapront
Paris, La Connaissance, 1924 (first thus).
Octavo, [iv], 397 pages with 22 pictorial headpieces plus a suite of 18 plates printed in monochrome bound in at the rear.
In a fine binding of three-quarter brown levant morocco and marbled boards by J. van West, retaining the original wrappers; top edge gilt, others uncut; top edge slightly scuffed; a fine copy.
Number 882 of a total edition of 1000 copies, this being one of 900 copies on 'vélin de Rives' paper (numbered 101-1000). The 29th title in the publisher's 'Les Chefs-d'Oeuvre' series. The novel's themes of Satanism are reflected in the menacing illustrations by Henry Chapront.
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