Mürger, Henry

Scènes de la Vie de Bohème. Paris: [Charles Hérissey for] A. Romagnol for the Librairie de la Collection des Dix, 1902



4to (10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.; 260 x 170 mm). Half-title with limitation on verso, title printed in red and black, engraved color illustrations by Eugène Decisy after Charles Leandre in two states including one before and one after letters, one image (after page 386) is given in 5 states to show the composition of colors, all leaves on guards. Contemporary brown crushed morocco, frame made up of inlaid maroon morocco entwined with a gilt-ruled frame and flowers made of inlaid green, red and pink morocco, spine similarly decorated in three compartments with author and title blind-stamped in the other two, gilt-ruled turn-ins with inlaid strip of maroon morocco, maroon damask doublures and endleaves, gilt edges, signed in gilt "Ch. Meunier, 1923," original printed wrappers bound in, in a cloth-lined slipcase.

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Possibly unique copy on thick "vieux japon" paper especially printed for the publisher Romagnol (as printed below the limitation page). The regular edition consists of 35 copies on "japon blanc" and 240 copies on "papier velin."