Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Mendès, Catulle. Schwabe, Carlos. Hespérus. Illustrations en couleurs de Carloz Schwabe.

With 33 illus. after drawings by Carlos Schwabe, some full-page and hand-coloured in pochoir manner. 96, (4) pp. Large 8vo. Orig. wrappers, hand-coloured in pochoir manner. Uncut. – Paris, Société de propagation des livres d’art, 1904.

First edition. One of 350 numbered copies on vélin d’Alfa of a total limited edition of 475. With 4 pages member’s list of the society bound in after half-title. – Carteret IV, 276. – First quire getting loose, cover detached from book block, else a fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 7841