5 vols.
(Société des Beaux Arts.) Edition des Deux Mondes: Flaubert, Gustave. Herodias. Illus by George Rochegroose. * Gautier, Theophile. King Candaules. Illus by Paul Avril. * Longus. Daphnis and Chloe. Illus by Raphael Collin. * Musset, Paul de. The Last Abbe. Illus by Adolf Lalauze. * Shakespeare, [William]. Antony and Cleopatra. Illus by Paul Avril. Each 1/20 on Japon vellum, out-of-series copies. Each bound in full richly gilt paneled & foliate crushed morocco with gilt-decorated floral cover & spine onlays, richly gilt foliate turn-ins, crushed morocco doublures with hand-painted vellum oval onlays in front, silked endpapers, raised bands. Each with triple suite of engraved plates: plain, color & India proof. Bdg condition issues: Flaubert, upper edges heavily rubbed; Gautier, upper edges heavily rubbed; Longus, bottom spine panel worn away; de Musset, upper edges heavily rubbed; Shakespeare, bottom spine panel blistered. Sold with all faults.