LANGLOIS (lieutenant-colonel): The Normans towards the year - Lot 103

LANGLOIS (lieutenant-colonel): The Normans towards the year 1000. Two Icelandic sagas. Illustrations by Pierre JOUBERT. Paris, Editions d'art du Rameau d'Or, 2003. One volume. 24.5 by 31.8 cm. 255 pages. Full brown morocco spine with 4 palladium-decorated raised bands, boards beautifully framed with Norman motifs, 1st board with inlaid prow of a Drakkar (publisher's binding). Gilt headband, rich inner lace, red moiré silk endpapers, bordered slipcase. As new. Edition on Arches vellum pur chiffon (only paper). One of 15 Bibliophilie copies, (N°N), but without the advertised supplements. Our copy contains only the definitive state of the illustrations. Total edition of 300 copies.