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Lot n° 123

BÉQUET (Étienne).

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Mary or the Blue Handkerchief. Literary note by Adolphe Racot. Paris, L. Conquet, 1884. In-12, blue morocco, composition titled mosaic on the first plate, mosaic on the second plate, smooth spine bearing the title in gold, inside frame decorated with straight and dotted gold fillets, lining and endpapers of tartan cloth, gold edges, untrimmed, cover, case (Raparlier). 6 compositions by Henri de Sta engraved on copper by Abot. Unique copy, on japanese paper, including the original watercolours of the artist for the illustration of the book. Mosaic binding by Raparlier, decorated on the first cover with a mosaic composition and modelled. From the J. Cartault Library (ex-libris). Dark back.