FOE (Daniel de). THE LIFE AND FOREIGN ADVENTURES... Lot 110

FOE (Daniel de). THE LIFE AND FOREIGN ADVENTURES AND SURPRISES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE of York, sailor. Woods drawn, engraved and coloured by Pierre Falké. Preface by Pierre Mac Orlan. Paris, Jonquières, 1926, 3 volumes in-4°, cocoa morocco, plates and spine forming a set with 2 mosaic plates and the title in gilt letters distributed on the 3 spines, the other plates decorated with gilt fillets, green and ochre morocco scrolls and gilt band mosaic of small silver squares, wide inner frame made of gilt fillets and orange scrolls, corners decorated with a triangle of green and silver morocco, Havana reps guards, double guard, gilt edges on witnesses, cover. and back, shirt in half morocco of the same colour, lined with velvet, bordered case (Max Fonsèque). PIERRE FALKE's masterpiece of illustration in magnificent bindings decorated by Max Fonsèque. It is decorated with a repeated colour cover, 3 frontispieces, 3 illustrated titles and many woods in the text, finely coloured. Almost confidential edition of 151 copies, this one numbered on Tallende's laid paper. QUALITY COPY IN SPECTACULAR ORNATE BINDINGS.