Chansons folles
[Paris, Magnier, 1887].
1 vol. (140 x 185 mm) of [2] leaves and 132 pp. Tan pigskin, rich mosaic decoration on the covers, smooth spine decorated with a motif echoing that of the covers, blind-stamped title, gilt top edge, doublures decorated with a double gilt fillet and two cat's-head irons at the corners, matching chemise and slipcase (binding signed Charles Meunier).
First edition, illustrated with an etched frontispiece-title by Henry Somm.
One of 75 copies on Japanese paper.
A striking pigskin binding by Charles Meunier, who produced, for this same text and the same Japanese-paper printing, a variant in bronze morocco.
One of 75 copies on Japanese paper.
A striking pigskin binding by Charles Meunier, who produced, for this same text and the same Japanese-paper printing, a variant in bronze morocco.
This collection contains 41 songs, with musical notation. Pia suggests that the author was probably Gustave Nadaud, and rightly so, as indicated by the signed note on the half-title: “the first fifteen volumes of this edition are for my cousin Nadaud and are the only ones bearing the author’s signature. Anonymous. Gustave Nadaud.”
A striking mosaic binding in pigskin.
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