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La légende dorée

Title
La légende dorée / Traduction française de H. Piazza. Dessins et lithographies de A. Lunois.
Author
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
Publication
Paris : G. Boudet, 1896.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. French 1896+Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Piazza, H.
  • Lunois, Alexandre
Description
2 p.l., 152 p.[beta] 1 l. illus. 270 extra pl.; f̕.
Subject
Note
  • Illustrations: cover design, with smoke proof; 76 colored lithographs in the text, with plate proofs in black and in colors to all, and to three, progressive plate proofs in two states; 13 woodcut borders, with smoke proofs; 8 vignettes (5 colored), with plate proofs in colors to four; appended, 4 trial sketches and 90 cancels, making 270 plates. The plate proofs in black on India, and those in colors on wove paper. On the half-title, anoriginal aquarelle by Lunois. In all, 368 illustrations.
  • Binding, by Carayon, of vellum. Sides within a frame of fillets with fleurons in the corners, both painted in red. With rough edges and marbled end papers. Original covers bound in. In marbled paper cover.
  • Bookplate of W. A. Spencer.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. French 1896+
OCLC
131739321
Author
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
Title
La légende dorée / Traduction française de H. Piazza. Dessins et lithographies de A. Lunois.
Imprint
Paris : G. Boudet, 1896.
Local Note
no. 5 of ten copies on Japan paper. Initialed by the translator and illustrator.
Added Author
Piazza, H.
Lunois, Alexandre, ill.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. French 1896+
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