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MAUPASSANT (Guy de) - STEINLEN (Théophile Alexandre). Le...

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MAUPASSANT (Guy de) - STEINLEN (Théophile Alexandre). Le Vagabond. Paris: printed at the expense of the Société des Amis des livres, 1902. - In-8, 273 x 204: (2 ff.), 50 pp., (3 ff.), illustrated cover. Full marbled calf, gilt fillets framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet inside, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case (Canape 1908). A sought-after edition of only 115 copies on vellum, illustrated in the first printing with 51 original color lithographs by Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN (1859-1923), including one on the cover and 50 at the head of each page. This is the only book illustrated with color lithographs by Steinlen. Copy number 73, specially printed for Prince Alexandre Bibesco, perfectly bound by Canape.