Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 268
DUMAS, Alexandre (1802?1870). ?? LELOIR, Maurice (1853?1940...
Estimate: $150 - $250
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DUMAS, Alexandre (1802?1870). ?? LELOIR, Maurice (1853?1940), illus. Les Trois Mousquetaires. Paris: Calmann Levy, 1894. 2 volumes. 4to (295 x 203 mm). Engraved additional titles printed in red and black (original wrappers), half?titles, numerous in?textillustrations and a separate full?page plate of Dumas imagining the musketeers (1.a) in Vol. I after Maurice Leloir engraved by Jules Huyot. Contemporary half brunette morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt scrollwork in compartments; gilt titling in remainder, top edge gilt; others uncut, marbled endpapers, stamp signed by Gavid; original wrappers bound?in (spines sunned with a bit of rubbing). With original bill of sale laid?in from Dyrsen & Pfeiffer, Dec. 19, 1894 (also with bookseller?s ticket). Considered to be the best illustrated edition of The Three Musketeers.
