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Bourdeille.Lives of Gallant Ladies,2v,1/18,1924

Bourdeille (Pierre de) The Lives of Gallant Ladies,

translated by H.M. and F.M., 2 vol., one of 18 sets on hand-made paper signed by the translators and artist and with a set of proofs of the plates, from an edition limited to 718, wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations by Robert Gibbings, note of limitation printed in red and signed by Gibbings loosely inserted, original roan-backed parchment, uncut, a little rubbed, 11 proofs (including one additional unused engraving) on Japanese paper, all signed in pencil and loosely inserted in card portfolio, together in 2 red morocco-backed gold embossed cloth pull-off slip-cases (rubbed), [Chanticleer 18], 4to, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press, 1924.

***The first book produced by Gibbings for the press..