
Lot 52•
BALZAC (HONORÉ) La fille aus yeux d'or, ONE OF 40 COPIES "sur Japon Impérial", all plates in three states, and AN ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH, Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1886 (6)
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BALZAC (HONORÉ)
La fille aus yeux d'or, ONE OF 40 COPIES "sur Japon Impérial", all plates in three states, and AN ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH, from an overall edition of 500, this copy number 55, 13 etched plates (each in 3 states) by Almery Lobel-Riche, full dark crushed morocco gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., slipcase, Paris, Briffaut, [1923]--FLAUBERT (GUSTAVE) La tentation des St. Antoine, introduction by Paul Valéry, colour plates and illustrations by J.G. Daragnès, green crushed half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., Paris, 1942--MÉRIMÉE (PROSPER) Colomba, LIMITED TO 750 COPIES, this copy number 232, coloured lithograph frontispiece and 75 illustrations by Regis Manset (18 full-page), dark green crushed morocco gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., [Paris], B. Arnaud, 1944, FINE COPIES, 4to--LE SAGE (ALAIN RENÉ) The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana. Rendered into English by Henri Van Laun, 3 vol., LIMITED TO 75 COPIES on Whatman's paper with the plates in 2 states, 21 etched plates by A. Lalauze, green half morocco gilt, for Henry Sotheran, t.e.g., spines uniformly faded, large 8vo, Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1886 (6)