[DEGAS]
MAUPASSANT, GUY DE. La Maison Tellier. Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1934. One of 325 copies, this copy 226. Publisher's printed wrappers, with a design after Degas, over boards, in glassine. 12 3/4 x 9 6/8 inches (32.5 x 25 cm); [vi], 65, 5 pp.; 4 plates showing the placement of the Degas plates, and 19 aquatint plates hors-texte after Degas, two in color on Japon; wood-engraved vignettes and initials. Light wear and toning to wrappers, some dust-soil to the extreme upper margin of a few plates, but generally a fresh example.
A copy of the prospectus for the Vollard Mimes des Courtisanes, also with illustrations by Degas, is laid-in.
Sold for $625
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Includes Buyer's Premium
[DEGAS]
MAUPASSANT, GUY DE. La Maison Tellier. Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1934. One of 325 copies, this copy 226. Publisher's printed wrappers, with a design after Degas, over boards, in glassine. 12 3/4 x 9 6/8 inches (32.5 x 25 cm); [vi], 65, 5 pp.; 4 plates showing the placement of the Degas plates, and 19 aquatint plates hors-texte after Degas, two in color on Japon; wood-engraved vignettes and initials. Light wear and toning to wrappers, some dust-soil to the extreme upper margin of a few plates, but generally a fresh example.
A copy of the prospectus for the Vollard Mimes des Courtisanes, also with illustrations by Degas, is laid-in.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Dec 16, 2022