Rabiâ el Kouloub or the Spring of Hearts. Paris : Édition d'art H. Piazza, 1902.
In-8, 175 pp, (2 ff.), illustrated cover. Green morocco, boards decorated with a beautiful mandorla, in the oriental style, spine decorated in the same spirit, framed in green morocco inside, decorated with nets and gilt and cold motifs, lining and endpapers of brocaded silk, double guards, gilt edges, cover and spine kept, binding by Marotte-Rodde. Box damaged.
Superb and very luxurious edition of this collection of 3 oriental tales collected by Sliman Ben Ibrahim, translated and illustrated by Étienne Dinet (1861-1929). Edition at 300 copies; this one is one of 260 on vellum (N°263).
The illustration includes 50 color compositions in the text and full-page by Dinet, as well as beautiful decorations, framed in black or color around the text or illustrations, or full-page in color and gold.
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