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Réf. 40866

€ 900.00

LE SAGE (Alain-René) illustrated by Evelio TORENT

Paris - Maurice Glomeau - 1913

Bookbinder : René AUSSOURD
Format : In-8.
Number of volumes : 1 volume.
Binding : Bound.
Collation : 160 pp.
Language : Français

Leather-edged slipcase. Solid red morocco binding. Spine with raised bands with golden date on the heel. All edges gilt. Original paper covers and spine bound in. Binding signed René AUSSOURD. Very fresh interior. With colour illustrations by Evelio TORENT.

Limited edition to 500 numbered copies. This one of the 13 head copies on Japan, with three states of illustrations, and an ORIGINAL AQUARELLE signed by E. TORENT having served for the illustration, in this copy the original watercolour of the frontispiece.

This edition is an abridged version of the original edition published in 1707. The novel recounts the peregrinations of a young student and the imp he releases from his bottle. As a reward for this liberation, the Devil, called Asmodeus, leads the student to the rooftops of Madrid and teaches him to decipher the behaviour of the Madrid people, to enter prisons or madhouses and even tombs or dreams.

Good condition.