UNE SAISON A AIX-LES-BAINS
Paris: Ernest Bourdin, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo: viii, 358, [1], [1, blank] pp. with the portrait frontispiece and 2 full-page plates, all steel engravings with tissue guards, by Outhwaite after Eugène Ginain; 4 full-page plates, all hand-colored tinted lithographs with tissue guards, by A. Masson after Eugène Ginain; title page vignette, textual vignettes, and 10 full-page plates with tissue guards, all wood engravings by A. Beuglet, Gerard, Jardin, Pisan, Pontinier, Timms, Trichon, et al., after Eugène Ginain; and the full-page map, a hand-tinted stone-etching by Erhard. In the publisher's midnight blue wavy-grain cloth binding, with one red and four blue coated paper onlays, blind-stamped ruled borders, gilt-stamped and over-stamped ruled surround with floral ornamental corners, and floral ornamental oval surround, and gilt-stamped arms of King Victor Emmanuel with silver over-stamped cross on the front panel; one red, one bright green, and one blue coated paper onlays, gilt-stamped floral decorations, and arms of King Victor Emmanuel with silver over-stamped cross, and gilt over-stamped decorative titling compartment, and the spine; and one bright blue coated paper onlay, blind-stamped ruled borders and surround with floral ornamental spandrels, and gilt-stamped floral decorations and eight-pointed gothic ornamental surround for gilt over-stamped heraldic crest. All edges gilt, with yellow coated endpapers. Some occasional mild foxing. The binding is especially vibrant, with an unobtrusive indentation to the front panel. Better than very good. Carteret III, 31 ; Malavielle p.228 ; Vicaire I, 12. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. Item #80930
Price: $500.00