DEMOLDER Eugène Lot n° 33

DEMOLDER Eugène SEMET AND PLUMELLE BINDING The Emerald Road Paris, Mercure de France, 1899 In-12°. Full emerald green broad-grained jansenist morocco (Semet et Plumelle). Spine with 4 nerves surrounded by a cold fillet, with author, title and date in gilt lettering. Jade-green moire centerpieces, edged in the same morocco decorated with a double set of gilded fillets separated by gilded pearls with gilded arabesques in the corners. Endpapers in the same jade-green moire. Double marbled paper endpapers. Gilt head. Double gilt fillet on the edges. Covers and spine cons. Flap jacket in the same morocco (spine lightened) and lined slipcase in the same morocco (lightened and minor rubbing). First edition. 1/12 first copies on Hollande, after only 3 Japon. Provenance: Bibliothèque J. Nellens (bookplate) - Bibliothèque Henri Leclercq (according to notice of public sale pasted on flyleaf).