Torgny Schunnesson Rare Books

Valbel, Horace

Valbel, Horace; Pour passer une heure. Contes et nouvelles illustrés A. Buigonot & Cie, Éditeurs d\'Art, Paris, 1904. First edition. Limited edition.
Softbound 8o (150 x 210 mm.) in publisher's decorated and illustrated wrappers in glassine protection. Housed in a green slipcase, which is faded in outlines, but tight and solide. Spine very light browned and a minimal tear up at head of spine. Else in wonderful, fresh, uncut -and unopened - condition. A book decorated in jugend-style with framed pages with winding flowers in jugend style. Illustrated also with more traditionel black and white pictures on glossy paper behind tissue-gards by artists like G. Auriol, Jack Abeille, Grün, Gil Baer, J. Jouard, F. Jacque, G. Redon. Jehan Testevuide and others. This is no. 133 of 500 copies printed on " "papier vélin a la cuve des papeteries de rives." A nice copy ! (VI), 227 p.
800 SEK