Estimate: | £200 - £300 |
Hammer price: | £180 |
BINDING - Clément MAROT (1496-1544). Poésies, edited by Pierre d' Espezel. Paris: Union Latine d' Éditions, [1951]. 2 volumes, 4to (215 x 165mm). Titles printed in blue and black, etched plates and illustrations by Paulette Humbert. FINELY BOUND in dark burgundy crushed morocco gilt by Michèle Berthier, covers with gilt cornerpieces, spines decorated in gilt with 5 raised bands, top edges gilt, others uncut, original thick wrappers with embossed portraits of Marot bound in, slipcases (spines faded). NUMBER 934 OF 2,500 COPIES. (2)