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MORIN, Louis. SOMM.
Les Cousettes. The Life of Parisian Seamstresses.
Paris, L. Conquet, 1895.
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Les Cousettes. The Life of Parisian Seamstresses.
Paris, L. Conquet, 1895.
In-8, (3) folios including frontispiece, 165-(2) pp. Red morocco leather, author’s name and title in gold, panels and covers adorned with a double frame of multiple gold fillets with four angular fleurons, double gold fillet on the headbands and footbands, inner covers lined with blue morocco leather featuring a fleur-de-lis border in gold, double endpapers of silk and marbled paper, edges gilt on endpapers, cover and spine preserved [Mercier Sx. de Cuzin].
Finely illustrated with numerous black-and-white compositions, drypoint engravings by Henry Somm.
A very fine copy.
A limited edition of 100 copies printed on Japanese paper, this one being no. 41.
A very elegant original binding by Mercier, in perfect condition.