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184667758Paris: Michel Lévy Frères 1846. First edition in book form. Octavo 8 x 4 7/8 inches; 204 x 124 mm. 4 363 1 blank pp. With both points for the first printing according to Clouzot "insultée" p. 75 et "c'est eur" p. 86. Bound without the wrappers as usual.<br> <br> Bound in contemporary half red morocco over red basket-weave textured boards. Spine decoratively tooled in gilt and black and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges dyed yellow. Boards and edges a bit rubbed. Title-page with a 2-inch closed tear expertly repaired and not affecting text. Page 175 with a 1-inch closed tear to top margin not affecting text and expertly repaired. A tiny burn hole to page 311 barely affecting two letters. A few minor marginal paper flaws. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Overall a very good copy.<br> <br> This story is Mérimée's tale of Spanish gypsy life and love which was used by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy as a basis for their libretto for Bizet's opera Carmen.<br> <br> Vicaire V cols. 724-725.<br> <br> HBS 67758.<br> <br> $4750. Michel Lévy Frères unknown
189841633Paris: La Revue de Paris 1898. Fine. La Revue de Paris Paris 1898 &1910 16.50 x 25 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition for each volume. Full brown morocco bindings smooth spines double framed in gilt headpieces lined in gilt boards elaborately framed in gilt beige morocco pastedowns framed in gilt brown moiré silk free endpapers following free endpapers in mould made paper all edges gilt original soft covers preserved superb contemporary bindings signed by M. Lortic. The first volume contains two original ink drawings by Prosper Mérimée: the first captioned and signed in the lower right corner depicting the Duke of Brunswick the second a tree and a wooded landscape with a handwritten inscription in Russian ""Grâce à Dieu"" and ""Gloire à Dieu gloire à vous"". A very fine set magnificently bound by M. Lortic. La Revue de Paris paperback
192643215Paris.: Editions de la Roseraie. 1926. Full vellum with Yapp edges the binding painted by Martin see below and signed in ink at lower left original silver printed wrappers and backstrip preserved grey silk moiré doublures marbled endpapers t.e.g. polished paper chemise with gilt title and matching wool-lined slipcase. 4to. 255 x 205 mm. Engraved frontispiece decorative printed title with colour vignette 5 engraved plates each in two states and 34 etched vignettes 28 in colour by Charles Martin; a separate suite of all the vignettes with additional title is bound in at the rear of the volume the final illustration in the suite is present in the suite alone. Charles Martin's illustrations for Mérimée's Carmen in a beautiful painted binding.From the edition limited to 176 numbered copies with this one of 150 on vélin de Rives teinté and with an extra suite of the plates printed in black.Martin's painted binding signed on the front cover at lower left and executed in black ink with additional highlights in gilt and colour depicts for the front board a man and a woman the man with a gold earring and a cigarette between his lips the woman - it seems likely that this is a portrait of Carmen herself - with elaborate coiffure and a green leaf between her stylised lips her elaborate mantilla picked out in gilt; the rear cover depicts a landscape with mounted caballero and a hacienda with a cloud in outline behind; the spine features the title in magenta ink and a small vignette at the foot. Editions de la Roseraie. hardcover
