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Les nuits : La nuit de mai; La nuit de décembre; La nuit d'aôut; La nuit d'octobre / Alfred de Musset ; avec les illustrations de Luc Olivier Merson ; gravées par Ch. Chessa ; et de Adolphe Giraldon ; gravées par E. Florian ; préface par Edmond Haraucourt.

Accession number
PML 140671
Creator
Musset, Alfred de, 1810-1857.
Published
Paris : J. Meynial, [1911]
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Notes
Ed. of 161 copies, including 120 copies printed on Arches paper, numbered 21-140; 20 copies on japon paper, with an extra suite of the etchings printed in black, numbered 1-20; 20 copies reserved for the publication's collaborators; and a single copy on japon with an extra siote of the etchings accompanied by Merson's and Giraldon's original drawings.
Etchings printed by Alf. Porcabeuf, wood engravings printed Lacroix & Eyménié.
Library has one of 20 copies issued for the collaborators of an edition of 161 copies, this for Marius Michel.
Printed binder's statement following colophon identifies this binding as one of seven examples of a design entitled "Les nuits a la branche de glycine", executed by Marius Michel, this being binding no. 7, created for Marius Michel himself.
Wood-engraved illustrations: Color-printed added t.p. (also an impression in black without text), 4 color-printed section-titles, each page with wood-engraved border, some with color-printed head- or tailpiece, and color-printed colophon, all by Florian after Giraldon. Etched illustrations: 4 color-printed plates and 4 color-printed headpieces by Chessa after Merson.
Description
73 p., [14] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 30 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Grey-green mosaic morocco with a wisteria design by Marius Michel, with leather chemise and marbled slipcase.
Classification
Department