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Montorgueil, Georges & Somm, Henry, illustr

Montorgueil, Georges & Somm, Henry, illustr. ; La Parisienne peinte par elle - mème. Vingt et une pointes sèches tirées hors texte et quarante et une compositions par Henry Somm. No. 69 of 150 copies on papier de Hollande. Tirage unique. Binding by Carayon. Librairie L. Conquet, Paris, 1897. First edition.
Tall 8vo (262 mm. x 175 mm) in a tastefull brown half morocco binding. Spine with gilt flowers within green mirrors. Gilt lined marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Bound with wrappers and spine by Carayon with his stamp. A binding in excellent condition. Interior foxed. Copy on papier de Hollande printed in 150 copies of which this nis no. 69 signed with initials by the editor. Illustrated with 21 fullpage drypoint etchings by Henry Somm and 41 vignettes and cul de lamps. A broad margined copy. VI, 200 p. + drypoint etchings.