BANVILLE (Théodore de). *Gringoire*, a one-act comedy. Paris - Lot 284

BANVILLE (Théodore de). *Gringoire*, a one-act comedy. Paris, A. and F. Ferroud, 1919. In-8, tobacco-colored morocco with a large floral design featuring Aldine dies in the center, spine decorated with a stamp repeated in the spaces between the stamps, aubergine morocco lining adorned with fillets and a border of gilded Aldine stamps, burgundy moiré endpapers, edges gilt on endpapers, cover and spine, slipcase (by G. Mercier Sr., commissioned by his father in 1923). Illustrations and etchings by Léon Lebègue. One of the 30 first-edition copies, this one on Japanese paper containing four states of the etchings, including the pure etching, a suite colored by the illustrator, and an original watercolor by Léon Lebègue on the half-title page. It is enhanced by an original full-page gouache on Japanese paper, surmounted by a coat of arms bearing the initials “MP.” Spine worn.

Estimate:$559.64

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