(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. Set of three illustrated volumes. -...
(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. Set of three illustrated volumes.
- *Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge*. Paris: Émile Testard, 1894.
2 in-4 volumes, red half-maroquin with corner caps, 5-ribbed spine, gilt heads, original covers preserved, bookplate.
[2 ff.], XIV pp. [1 f.], 292 pp., [1 f.]; [2 ff.], 286 pp., [1 f.], 10 out-of-text illustrations, in-text vignettes by Julien Le Blanc woodcut by Léveillé.
Slight scuffing on the caps, raised bands, and corners.
- *Une vie d’artiste*. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1902.
Quarto, green half-maroquin, spine with 5 raised bands, covers preserved, gilt titles, a gift from Gaston Mélingue (recipient’s name erased).
[2 ff.], 237 pp., [1 f.], cover, color frontispiece, vignette on the title page, 30 plates, and 4 vignettes in the text by Gaston Mélingue.
Spine faded, ribs rubbed.
A fine edition of the biography of Étienne-Marin Mélingue, illustrated by his own son, Gaston Mélingue.
- *La Dame de Monsoreau*. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1903.
2 in-4 volumes, caramel-colored half-maroquin with corner caps, blind-stamped fillets on the covers, spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, painted capitals, covers and spine preserved (Roussillon binding).
[2 ff.], 499 pp., [1 f.]; [2 ff.], 488 pp., [1 f.]; frontispiece and illustrations in the text by Maurice Leloir, woodcuts by J. Huyot.
Spine slightly faded, foxing.
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(Lot) – Alexandre DUMAS. Set of three illustrated volumes.
- *Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge*. Paris: Émile Testard, 1894.
2 in-4 volumes, red half-maroquin with corner caps, 5-ribbed spine, gilt heads, original covers preserved, bookplate.
[2 ff.], XIV pp. [1 f.], 292 pp., [1 f.]; [2 ff.], 286 pp., [1 f.], 10 out-of-text illustrations, in-text vignettes by Julien Le Blanc woodcut by Léveillé.
Slight scuffing on the caps, raised bands, and corners.
- *Une vie d’artiste*. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1902.
Quarto, green half-maroquin, spine with 5 raised bands, covers preserved, gilt titles, a gift from Gaston Mélingue (recipient’s name erased).
[2 ff.], 237 pp., [1 f.], cover, color frontispiece, vignette on the title page, 30 plates, and 4 vignettes in the text by Gaston Mélingue.
Spine faded, ribs rubbed.
A fine edition of the biography of Étienne-Marin Mélingue, illustrated by his own son, Gaston Mélingue.
- *La Dame de Monsoreau*. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1903.
2 in-4 volumes, caramel-colored half-maroquin with corner caps, blind-stamped fillets on the covers, spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, painted capitals, covers and spine preserved (Roussillon binding).
[2 ff.], 499 pp., [1 f.]; [2 ff.], 488 pp., [1 f.]; frontispiece and illustrations in the text by Maurice Leloir, woodcuts by J. Huyot.
Spine slightly faded, foxing.