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(SCHWABE, CARLOS.) Mendès, Catulle. Hespérus.
(SCHWABE, CARLOS.) Mendès, Catulle. Hespérus. 13 full-page plates, all hand-colored; half-title with floral design, title-page vignette, colophon, pictorial chapter headings, and culs-de-lampe. 4to, marbled boards backed in black morocco with gilt-stamped raised bands and spine title, some scuffing with surface loss; original wrappers bound in. Paris: Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1904
- Notes: this is number 5 of 20 copies reserved for members of the société "les xx" from a total edition of 350. This copy for Secretary of the Consul, Société de Propagation des Livres d''Art MM Vasnier. A list of the group''s officers and members for 1905 is bound in between the colophon and frontispiece. The sumptuous and romantic illustrations by Symbolist artist Schwabe make this one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau books. Carteret IV,276; Monod 8030
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