José-Maria de HEREDIA. Lot n° 32

Les Trophées. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893. Large in-8: tobacco morocco, four-ribbed spine decorated with straight and curved gilt filleting, triple framing of the boards with straight and curved filleting, decorated edges, red morocco linings set in bands of tobacco, brown, mauve and green morocco, and gilt fillets and roulette, covered with a mosaic decoration in several tones and gilt, green silk endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, half morocco folder with flaps, slipcase (Charles Meunier, 1907). First edition, 210 numbered copies. One of the 100 numbered copies on Hollande, at very large margins (no. 45). Signed autograph on the false title to Louis Regnauld, Marquis de La Soudière (1873-1921): to Louis de La Soudière his colleague JM de Heredia The large initials occupy the whole page. Remarkable binding with a large mosaic decoration on the linings by Charles Meunier: it is perfectly preserved. It was executed in 1907. Label of the Pierre Berès bookshop.