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New-York: J.W. Bouton, (1884). First and limited edition, #76/100 numbered copies of the Edition de Grand Luxe, signed by the publisher. Folio. 210 pp. Original watercolor illustration by Maurice Leloir on half-title, signed and dated. Illustrated with numerous photogravures and numerous in-text drawings, by Leloir. Full brown crushed niger, spine lettered in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; marbled endpapers.
A handsomely bound deluxe edition, featuring a beautiful original unpublished watercolor by the illustrator, Maurice Leloir.
From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).
Sold for $567
Estimated at $500 - $800
New-York: J.W. Bouton, (1884). First and limited edition, #76/100 numbered copies of the Edition de Grand Luxe, signed by the publisher. Folio. 210 pp. Original watercolor illustration by Maurice Leloir on half-title, signed and dated. Illustrated with numerous photogravures and numerous in-text drawings, by Leloir. Full brown crushed niger, spine lettered in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; marbled endpapers.
A handsomely bound deluxe edition, featuring a beautiful original unpublished watercolor by the illustrator, Maurice Leloir.
From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).