Mérimée prosper

1956 · 75013 — Paris: Presses de Pierre Gaudin 1956. Fine. Presses de Pierre Gaudin Paris 1956 24.50 x 32.50 cm relié sous étui Illustrated edition with 12 original color compositions by Edouard Chimot one of 50 numbered copies on Rives wove deluxe issue after 23 other copies on Rives wove. Half orange-red morocco over corners smooth spine illustrator’s name gilt at foot gilt fillet framing on vellum-style paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns original covers preserved all edges gilt slipcase edged in orange-red morocco with marbled paper panels and interior binding signed Vassière binder in Castres. This copy includes the additional suite of the illustrations in black as stated in the colophon. A fine copy handsomely bound. Presses de Pierre Gaudin hardcover