Lot no. 151
ROSTAND (Edmond). Chantecler. Play in four acts, in verse. Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1910. In-8, midnight blue morocco, rooster in polychrome painted chagrin, basket in painted chagrin on the second plate, interior framing of a gilt fillet, lining decorated with the original embossed fawn basane cover, striped and printed moire endpaper, gilt edges, cover (Marius Magnin, 1919). First edition, printed entirely on Japanese imperial paper, which shows the credit the author enjoyed after the success of his Cyrano. Fine colour headband stencilled after a drawing by Rostand on the title page. One of 1000 copies on japon impérial, the only large paper.
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