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La Princesse Badourah. Conte des Mille et une Nuits (Signed Limited Edition)
by Dulac, Edmund (illustrator)
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1914. First edition in French. Fine. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy 68. Contemporary French three-quarter maroon morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Smooth spine elaborately decorated and titled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Original tan and gold printed wrappers preserved. Collating [ii], 114, [3], [1, blank]. Title-page printed in tan, green and gold. Ten mounted color plates within decorative borders, descriptive tissue-guards. Chapter titles printed in gold. A very Fine copy.
An exotic fairy tale, richly illustrated by Dulac. With decorations not found in the English language editions, including nine designs of a different small tree in an urn on pages preceding each chapter; decorated initials at start of each chapter; seven tailpieces; two surrounds for letterpress on limitation and colophon. Fine.
An exotic fairy tale, richly illustrated by Dulac. With decorations not found in the English language editions, including nine designs of a different small tree in an urn on pages preceding each chapter; decorated initials at start of each chapter; seven tailpieces; two surrounds for letterpress on limitation and colophon. Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3611
- Title
- La Princesse Badourah. Conte des Mille et une Nuits (Signed Limited Edition)
- Author
- Dulac, Edmund (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in French
- Publisher
- L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1914
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Marbled boards
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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