[The Works.]
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1892 Stock Code: 122691
A handsome set
Limited edition, number 63 of 500 sets printed on Holland paper, translated into English by Alexandre Baillot and with two volumes of biography by Alfred Barbou (1846-1907).Description
30 volumes, octavo (217 x 145 mm). Near-contemporary green half morocco, spines lettered in gilt with gilt ornaments to compartments within raised bands, green cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed.
Illustrations
Photogravure frontispieces and plates, all with captioned tissue-guards. Title pages printed in red and black.
Condition
Spines very slightly darkened, slight marking to some covers, frontispiece tissue-guard of vol. 1 detached, very occasional slight blemishes to contents, vol. 24 with extensive pencil and ink annotations to 2 front free endpapers. An excellent set.
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