DINET (Étienne) - IBRAHIM (Sliman Ben).
Rabiâ el Kouloub ou le Printemps des Cœurs.
Paris: Édition d'art H. Piazza, 1902. - In-8, 229 x 165: 175 pp, (2 ff.), illustrated cover. Dark blue morocco, boards framed with two gilded fillets and four green morocco spandrels decorated with gilded arabesques and mosaics in red and ochre morocco, ribbed spine decorated in the same spirit, framed with gilded fillets and gilded motif at corners inside, blue moiré silk lining and endpapers, double endpapers, gilded edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, bordered slipcase (Saulnier).
Superb and very luxurious edition of this collection of 3 oriental tales collected by Sliman Ben Ibrahim, translated and illustrated by Étienne DINET (1861-1929).
The illustrations include 50 full-page and in-text color compositions, as well as beautiful decorations, framed in black or color around the text or illustrations, or full-page in color and gold.
Edition of 300 copies; this is one of 260 on vellum.
A very fine copy bound by Saulnier, enriched with the publication prospectus.
Spine slightly faded. A former owner has glued two index cards and an article on a flyleaf, which have slightly faded on the false title.
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