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Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon. 1 volume reliure plein chagrin maroquiné havane, dos lisse, couverture illustrée conservée, 264 pages [2], dont 122 planches hors-texte d'illustrations en noir et blanc, étui bordé assorti. Introduction et notes par René Dumesnil. Collection Visages d'Hommes célèbres. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request ).…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. An exceptional and striking limited edition of the complete works of Guy de Maupassant, beautifully bound in half morocco and illustrated throughout by Robert Bonfils. In the original French. Beautifully uniformly bound in half morocco. Complete in fifteen volumes, this is a scarce limited edition of the works of Guy de Maupassant. This set is number 132 of 630 copies prined on Lafuma paper. Illustrated throughout by French illustrator, painter and designer Robert Bonfils, with 794 monochrome vignettes and 112 full page illustrations, both monochrome and in vibrant colour. Collated, complete. The complete works of 19th-century French author Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant. Maupassant's short stories depict human lives and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. Including the poetry and three hundred short stories of Maupassant, alongside the his six novels - including 'Une Vie', 'Bel-Ami' and 'Pierre et Jean' - and his three travel works such as 'La Vie Errante' and 'Sur L'eau'. With the publisher's orginal front wraps bound in to the start of each volume. With a preface and notices from Rene Dumesnil. In half morocco bindings with marbled paper covered boards, and gilt detailing to back strips. Externally, exceptional, with a touch of rubbing to raised bands, and minor loss of paper to rear of one board. Publisher's original front wraps bound in. Internally, generally firmly bound, but with bindings lightly strained following title pages of four volumes. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Robert Bonfils (illustrator). book.…