DORÉ. LAFON (Mary). Les aventures du chevalier Jaufre et de - Lot 51

DORÉ. LAFON (Mary). Les aventures du chevalier Jaufre et de la belle Brunissende, translated by Mary Lafon... Paris, Librairie Nouvelle, 1856. Large in-8, green post morocco, 5-rib spine, gilt title, finely ornamented caissons, covers richly decorated with a scattering of small fillets and fleurons with a central medallion and 4 large irons at the corners, all gilt, gilt stippling at the necks, gilt roulette, stippling and filleting at the chasses, gilt edges, slipcase (slight rubbing to the spines, russeting to the fx-title then very rare, browning opposite the plates). A fine copy of this work illustrated with 20 wood-engraved plates after compositions by Gustave Doré, in the first edition. (Vicaire IV, 884).