Guy de MAUPASSANT / Michel CIRY - Farce normande - 1953





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Farce normande by Guy de Maupassant with illustrations by Michel Ciry, a numbered illustrated edition limited to 140 copies, Paris 1953, in red half-leather binding, 113 pages.
Description from the seller
MAUPASSANT (Guy de)
Norman stuffing
Paris, Norman Society of the Illustrated Book, 1953
In-4 (28.6cm x 23.7cm) of [8]-113-[9] pages. A single edition of 140 numbered copies on Rives vellum.
Half-red morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with the author and title in gold lettering, gilt head, front cover preserved.
Illustrated work with 33 etchings by Michel Ciry, including the frontispiece, 28 in-text illustrations, and 4 out-of-text illustrations.
One of the 140 numbered copies, enriched with the illustrated menu of the dinner on May 21, 1953, bound at the end.
A fine example.
Seller's Story
MAUPASSANT (Guy de)
Norman stuffing
Paris, Norman Society of the Illustrated Book, 1953
In-4 (28.6cm x 23.7cm) of [8]-113-[9] pages. A single edition of 140 numbered copies on Rives vellum.
Half-red morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with the author and title in gold lettering, gilt head, front cover preserved.
Illustrated work with 33 etchings by Michel Ciry, including the frontispiece, 28 in-text illustrations, and 4 out-of-text illustrations.
One of the 140 numbered copies, enriched with the illustrated menu of the dinner on May 21, 1953, bound at the end.
A fine example.

