Item #124618 Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche. Illustrations de Léon Lebègue. Anatole FRANCE.
Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche. Illustrations de Léon Lebègue
Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche. Illustrations de Léon Lebègue
Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche. Illustrations de Léon Lebègue
Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche. Illustrations de Léon Lebègue
Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche. Illustrations de Léon Lebègue

Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche. Illustrations de Léon Lebègue

Paris, Calman-Lévy, Editeurs, 1908 [first edition].

Octavo, [iv], 187 pages with numerous colour illustrations and ornaments, several of them full-page.

In a fine binding of three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards by Rivière & Son for Henry Sotheran Ltd., retaining the original wrappers; top edge gilt, others uncut; paper very lightly toned at the edges; minimal signs of use; essentially a fine copy.

One of 100 copies on 'vélin d'Arches' paper (from a total edition of 161 copies) of this collection of short stories. The illustrations and ornaments, printed in gold and coloured inks, mimic mediaeval illuminations.

Item #124618

Price (AUD): $850.00

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