Lot n° 513
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FRANCE, Anatole - La Leçon bien apprise. Color illustrations - Lot 513
FRANCE, Anatole - La Leçon bien apprise. Color illustrations by Gustave-Adolphe Mossa. Paris, A. Ferroud, F. Ferroud success, 1922. Pet. in-8, (2) ff, 34 pp, (1) f., 27 color comp. in green morocco, ribbed spine, havana marble-lined spine flaps, green and mahogany mosaic listels forming arabesques at the corners, small gilt teeth, green tabis endpapers, cons. cover, gilt tr. half-marble band folder, slightly faded ribbed spine, slipcase (G. MERCIER 1923).
One of 30 ex. on Japon (tirage de tête) containing two states in color, one state in blue and one in black. This number 1 and initialed F. F. contains all Mossa's original compositions used for the illustration in a format larger than that of the print run: four illuminations, five vignettes, frontispiece, faux-title, two borders, eleven lettrines, two fleurons, one cul-de-lampe.
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