MAUPASSANT (Guy de): Boule de suif. Compositions by François - Lot 99

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MAUPASSANT (Guy de): Boule de suif. Compositions by François - Lot 99
MAUPASSANT (Guy de): Boule de suif. Compositions by François THEVENOT, wood engravings by A. ROMAGNOL. Paris, Armand Magnier, 1897. Collection des Dix. One volume. 15.5 by 25 cm. (6)-portrait-VII-(3)-113-(8) pages. Contemporary burgundy half-maroquin with corners, 5 edges, gilt head, covers preserved. Minor rubbing to upper spine and nerves, some foxing in text. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies, one of the 40 copies on vellum paper containing a separate edition on Chine of the in-text illustrations, and a triple suite of the hors-texte: one on vellum, one on chine avant la lettre, one on chine avant la lettre with remarks. The portrait of Maupassant also comprises 3 prints, including 2 on Chine. A color reproduction of the watercolor used for the cover illustration is bound in at the beginning of the volume. The edition's prospectus, bound in at the end of the book, enables identification of the copy, as the edition does not include a print run receipt. First separate edition and first illustrated edition of this famous short story, which first appeared in Les soirées de Médan in 1880. The illustration contains58 wood-engraved compositions by François Thévenot, a frontispiece portrait, 7 hors-texte and 47 in-text compositions. A beautiful illustration, in a fine copy of this short story with a heroine as endearing as Zola's Nana.
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