ORLEANS (Charles d'): Les Ballades. Illustrations by Lucy BO - Lot 97

ORLEANS (Charles d'): Les Ballades. Illustrations by Lucy BOUCHER. Nice, Sefer, 2004. One volume. 26.5 by 37 cm. 179 pages. Full purplish morocco, 5-rib spine decorated with fleur-de-lys and gilt fillets, cold-stamped motifs on the nerves, handsome gilt frame with spandrels, fleur-de-lys, and a polychrome medallion by Lucy BOUCHER. Beveled-edged boards, fine interior lace, purple moiré silk endpapers, gilt head, in a purple morocco spine wrapper, 5 nerves, and purple moiré silk boards. As new. Illustrations and illuminations by Lucy Boucher. One of 50 copies with an original unpublished watercolor, a full-color suite of out-of-text illustrations, and a red lacquer suite of the edition's in-text and out-of-text illustrations. The suites are in a purple silk folder. With certificate of authenticity. A flawless collector's copy.