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Feminies: Huit Chapitres Inedits Devoues a la Femme, a l'Amour, a la Beaute
by ROPS, Felicien & GYP & HERMANT, Abel & LAVEDAN, Henri & SCHWOB, Marcel & UZANNE, Octave
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- Condition
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About This Item
Paris: Academie des Beaux Livres, 1896. Limited. hardcover. fine. rops. Illustrated with 8 magnificent colored etchings by Felicien Rops, protected by tissue. Each plate is followed by an uncolored duplicate etching. Each page of text is printed within a wide floral border, printed in colors. 208pp., Tall 8vo, beautifully bound in full crimson crushed levant with wide and ornate gilt borders; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands; inner and outer dentelles; doublures & endleaves of red silk moire, a.e.g. The original beautiful color wrappers (including the spine) are bound-in. Paris: Academie des Beaux Livres, 1896. Fine.<br/><br/> Limited edition. Number 177 of only 183 copies printed on Japanese vellum. A masterpiece of Fin-de-Siecle book production, in a superb binding and matching morocco-tipped, lined slipcase.<br/><br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227334
- Title
- Feminies: Huit Chapitres Inedits Devoues a la Femme, a l'Amour, a la Beaute
- Author
- ROPS, Felicien & GYP & HERMANT, Abel & LAVEDAN, Henri & SCHWOB, Marcel & UZANNE, Octave
- Illustrator
- rops
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Academie des Beaux Livres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- ROPS,Felicien
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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