[DINET] ANTAR. Arabic heroic poem, according... - Lot 108 - Le Floc'h

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[DINET] ANTAR. Arabic heroic poem, according... - Lot 108 - Le Floc'h
[DINET] ANTAR. Arabic heroic poem, according to the translation of M. Devic. Paris, Piazza, 1898. In-4, edition richly illustrated with 132 compositions, ornate letters, fleurons and lamp-heads by Etienne Dinet. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies, this one n°185, one of 230 on vélin des Vosges à la cuve. Ex-libris Henri Hirsch printed on a sheet of japanese paper bound at the head. Bound in full black brown morocco decorated with a superb composition in embossed leather, incised and gilt on the upper board depicting an Arab warrior carrying a sword and shield with an arrow on his chest, in a large Moorish style portico enhanced with gilt, signed F.Rudaux on the lower right; framed with a frieze of cold fleurons, spine ribbed and decorated with cold, second plate decorated with a frieze of fleurons and the monogram HH for Henri Hirsch gilt in an octagonal medallion decorated with cold fleurons; the inside covers framed with the same mosaic frieze pattern, green silk endpapers, covers preserved, signed Carayon on the bottom of the first inside cover, in slipcase. (slight rubbing at the top of the first plate and the slipcase)
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