JOHANNOT. PRÉVOST (abbé). Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du ch - Lot 235

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JOHANNOT. PRÉVOST (abbé). Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du ch - Lot 235
JOHANNOT. PRÉVOST (abbé). Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du chevalier Des Grieux. Illustrated edition by Tony Johannot, preceded by a historical note on the author by Jules Janin. Paris, E. Bourdin, [c. 1839]. Large in-8, plum chagrin, spine with 5 ornate nerves, gilt title, caissons edged with a double gilt fillet, large gilt rocaille plate on covers, gilt roulette on corners, inner roulette, gilt edges, covers preserved [H. Mauviel] (defects including faded spine, stains on covers, russ. sometimes sustained but sparing the plates). "One of the finest books of the Romantic period [...] this is the only interesting edition of this masterpiece published in the early 19th century". (Carteret). Edition illustrated with a frontispiece, 18 plates on Chine appliqué and 90 vignettes in the text, all wood-engraved after compositions by Tony Johannot, and a faux-title printed in gold at the head of each part. Copy with the covers preserved on buff paper, the decoration printed in bistre and the portraits in black. Provenance: a vignette on the flyleaf reads "Hommage à Mr. Leroux-Delaunay". (Carteret III, 505-506).
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