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Lot n° 52

LALAUZE (Adolphe) / MUSSET (Alfred de)

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La Mouche. Illustrated with thirty compositions by Adolphe Lalauze. Preface by Philippe Gille. Paris, A. Ferroud libraire-éditeur, 1892; in-8 (25x17.5 cm), red morocco (lacking top cap, spines split on both sides), boards decorated with gilt irons and scrolls, forming a large central medallion, framed with gilt fillets and stylized fleurs-de-lis, ornate ribbed spine (rubbed), blue morocco-lined spine flaps, decorated with a red morocco headband forming a gilt frame and gilt fleurons, red moire and marbled paper double guard, gilt edges. 84 pages. Triple state of the etchings, definitive state, state with remarks, state of the etchings, signed in pencil by the artist, illustrated subscription bulletin in fine. Copy on numbered Japon paper (6), initialed by the publisher. Enriched with an original signed watercolor by Lalauze. Binding by Chambolle-Duru