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Russian Literature & Art
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SOMOV, Konstanin Andreyevich (1869-1939) and Antoine François PREVOST d'Exiles (1697-1763) Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut. Paris: Éditions du Trianon, 1927. Small 4to. (238 x 190 mm). Title in red and black, half-title, 12 plates and 2 head-pieces after Somov, all colored using the pochoir process and finished by hand, by Daniel Jacomet et Cie. Contemporary French blue half morocco over patterened paper-covered boards, spines in five unequal compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and fourth, gilt device in the third compartment, original wrappers bound in, t.e.g. limited edition of 465 copies, one of 425 examples on vélin d'arches paper, numbered from 26 to 450, this copy numbered 448.ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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