Oeuvres Completes Illustrees; Boule De Suif Les Dimanches D'Un Bourgeois De Paris
Paris: Librairie De France, 1934. leather_bound. 387 pages. 24 x 19 cm. Eight full page pochoir plates executed by Jacomet, 55 full page black and white plates by Victor MIchel, and a host of black and white text illustrations. Boule de Suif, translated variously as Dumpling, Butterball, Ball of Fat, or Ball of Lard, is a short story by the late-19th-century first published on 15/16 April 1880. Limited edition, copy 685 of 1150 on alfa satine Navarre. Elegant unsigned binding, inner dentelles, green silked and marbled board endpapers, spine of original paper bound edition laid-in. Interior fresh and day printed. Full black morocco, raised bands, spine in gilt and colors, front cover lettered in gilt. Teg. Fine. Item #23990
Price: $350.00