MISTRAL (Frédéric) : Mireille, Provençal poem.... Lot 94

MISTRAL (Frédéric) : Mireille, Provençal poem. French translation by the author accompanied by the original text. Deluxe edition with etchings and vignettes by Eugène Burnand and color frames by H.-L. Pallandre. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1884. 1 volume. 30 by 44 cm. 1 etching portrait-(8)-304 pages + 24 hors-texte etchings each accompanied by a caption leaf (complete); leaves, in publisher's full green cloth portfolio, with title on 1st board. Very good condition. Talvart et Place XVIII, p. 72: D. Deluxe edition, illustrated and the first in this large format, printed at 150 copies on Japon paper (N°103), the only edition. This edition, similar to the regular 1884 edition, contains in addition to 25 etchings drawn and engraved by Eugène Burnand and 47 drawings by the same artist, 12 color frames after watercolors by H.-L. Pallandre, and 12 cartouches drawn by H. Scott. Magnificent edition, with beautiful color framing of the text. The text of Mireille continues with Magali, a popular Provençal melody. For Provençal bibliophiles.