Nodier charles

1830 · 004720 — Paris: Louis Janet 1830. First Edition. Cloth. Full Straight-Grained Morocco Slipcase. Near Fine. 12mo. 16.5 by 10.5 cm. clvii 44 1 pp. With five hand-colored and illuminated plates including title plus illuminated devices and decoration elsewhere. While the plates are printed the coloring and illumination is such that it is a fine simularcrum of manuscript illumination. This work is in fact a literary hoax simulating a Medieval Romance but in fact penned by Michel and promoted by the extensive notes and annotations that follow the chronicles. The leaves are a light vellum and this copy has a resplendent decorative green cloth relief with a rich gilt background that is quite distinctive. Pink moire endpapers. Lovely gilt decoration including border on the straight-grained morocco slipcase. A few light fox marks but essentially clean and mostly pristine. Minor rubbing of the gilt on the spine and other trivial manifestations of wear. <br/><br/> Louis Janet hardcover books