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LOTI (Pierre). BECQUE, Maurice de.

Loti’s Marriage. 

Paris, Lemercier, 1927.

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Loti’s Marriage. 

Paris, Lemercier, 1927.

In-4, (3) ff., 208 pp. Black half-shagreen binding, five-ribbed spine, title and author’s name in gold, gilt head, untrimmed, original cover preserved (stains at the top of the cover).

An illustrated edition of 30 compositions by Maurice de Becque, coloured by J. Saudé, including 19 plates and 1 frontispiece. Limited edition of 285 numbered copies; one of the 18 non-commercial copies, no. IX, printed on Lafuma vellum paper, featuring the final version of the illustrations. A fine copy.