FLAUBERT (Gustave). The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitall - Lot 335

FLAUBERT (Gustave). The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller. Paris, Victor Dancette, 1945. Quarto, aubergine morocco leather, with an elaborate design of interlacing geometric patterns forming a border and a central panel, gilt tooling and blind-stamped ornamentation, interior fillets, gold moiré lining and endpapers, gilt edges on endpapers, cover and spine (Gruel). 29 illustrations and 4 initials by Henri Deluermoz in a medieval style, woodcuts in color by Paul Baudier. The text is printed in Gothic type. Printed in an edition of 270 copies; this one is one of 10 on pearlescent Japanese paper, containing a suite on China paper and an original large-format gouache. Binding by Léon Gruel, modeled after a 15th-century Neapolitan binding (circa 1480) executed by the bookbinder to the kings of Aragon: the latter, which covers a Catalan manuscript of the *Vida de Jesuchristo* by Ximenes, is reproduced in the Esmerian auction catalog (I, 1972, no. 10). Spine worn.

Estimate:$671.57

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