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GUÉRIN, Maurice de (1810-1839).

Poèmes en prose: le Centaure - la Bacchante. Paris, Édouard Pelletan, 1901. 4° (290x225 mm). 70pp. with illustrations by Henri Bellery-Desfontaines engraved on wood by Ernest Florian and printed in colour. Contemporary green crushed levant morocco binding by Marius Michel, with inlays on sides and turn-ins in different tones of brown. spine on four raised bands lettered in gold. Ochre silk endleafs and doublures, all edges gilt, wrappers bound in. Original morocco tipped slipcase.

Beautiful bibliophile edition, congenially illustrated in the Art Nouveau style by Henri Bellery-Desfontaines one of the great illustrators of his time.

One of the 26 copies of the deluxe edition in quarto printed on old Japan paper with a suite of the seven illustrations in black and colour on china paper, some signed by Florian.

PRICE:  CHF  1 800