Mauclair Trois Femmes de Flandre Chambolle-Duru Binding No 21 of 300 Cassiers
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ITEM SPECIFICS Condition: Very Good Format: Hardcover Book with Slipcase Special Notes: Camille Mauclair, Trois Femmes de Flandre, illustrations by H. Cassiers. L'Édition d'Art, H. Piazza & Cie, Paris, 1905. Number 21 of 300 copies in the deluxe tier (limitation page photographed). Bound by Chambolle-Duru in full red morocco with elaborate gilt tooling, gilt page edges on all sides, green silk endpapers and doublures, with the matching slipcase. Text in French. A CLOSER LOOK "I don't just flip items; I collect them. I know what it means to hunt for the right edition or a perfectly preserved piece." The Details: Mauclair's three Flemish tales in the Piazza Édition d'Art production, with Henri Cassiers' colour frontispiece and etched plates — and, what sets this copy apart, a Chambolle-Duru exhibition-grade binding: deep red morocco tooled in gilt with the great trefoil panel design carried across both boards, gilt edges, and silk doublures, housed in its slipcase. Numbered copies of the deluxe tier in a signed-quality French binding of this period very rarely reach the open market. CONDITION BREAKDOWN "I grade strictly so there are no surprises when you open the box." Exterior/Box: Morocco boards bright with the gilt tooling crisp; slipcase sound; spine bands sharp. Item/Media: Pages clean and bright; plates sharp; gilt edges brilliant; silk endpapers clean; binding tight. Flaws: Light rubbing at the spine joints and edges, as photographed — modest for a 1905 binding. No bookp
- Publisher: H. Piazza, L'Edition d'Art
- Condition: Very Good
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