Maurice LELOIR. 2 illustrated volumes. - Abbé PRÉVOST. The Story...

Maurice LELOIR. 2 illustrated volumes.
- Abbé PRÉVOST. The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux. Preface by Guy de Maupassant. Illustrations by Maurice Leloir. Paris, Librairie Artistique, 1885.
In-4, full fawn morocco, quadruple gilt fillet framing on the covers, decorated ribbed spine, title labels in black morocco, double fillet on the edges, gilded lace and gilded head, covers preserved, slight rubbing on the binding and some marginal foxing (Magnan binding).
XX pp., [2 ff.], 203 pp., [2 ff.], 15 hors-texte engravings, vignette in the text by Maurice Leloir.
- Alexandre DUMAS. The Three Musketeers. With a letter by Alexandre Dumas, Jr. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1894.
2 in-4 volumes, red half-maroquin with corner caps, 4-ribbed spine, covers and spine intact, gilt heads.
XX, 479 pp., [1 p.]; [2 ff.], 469 pp., [1 f.], 250 illustrations by Maurice Leloir, woodcuts by J. Huyot.
The Dumas family is linked to the life and career of Maurice Leloir (1853–1940). His grandfather, Louis-Philippe-Auguste, worked in the offices of the Duke of Orléans when Dumas joined the staff there in 1823. He occasionally invited the young man, who met his son Auguste, Maurice’s future father. Maurice was encouraged and supported by Alexandre Dumas, Jr., and became one of his close friends.
Spine and raised bands rubbed.