Les Princesses
Paris: Ferroud, 1904. Signed Binding. LES PRINCESSES / DE BANVILLE, THEODORE (1904) SIGNED BINDING 2,500.00 Les Princesses de Banville, Theodore (1904) Signed Binding ROCHEGROSSE BANVILLE (Theodore de). Princesses. Paris, A. Ferroud. F. Ferroud successor, 1904 Singed Binding The binder Maurice Trinckvel worked first for Marius Michel before he started his own shop in 1926 in Paris. He made numerous bindings for Paul Bonet, and was later teacher at the École Estienne. Maurice Lalau (1881-1961) was an illustrator and painter. He was a pupil of Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. He worked together with the bibliophile printers F. Ferroud and Jules Meynial. gentian blue morocco, golden net framed, composition of colorful morocco on-lays in the center of the boards (lyre for the first, garland of flowers for the second), back with raised bands adorned with gilded and on-lay patterns, gilded head untrimmed original covers preserved in the back, gen- tian blue morocco interior frame with gilded nets and mosaic floral motifs at the corners, linings and guards of blue fabric, slip case, [Trinckvel], Georges Rochegrosse's compo- sitions etched by E. Decisy. Edition of 400 numbered copies; one of the 170 on Arches vellum paper. Very good. Item #245
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