Romancero Moresque; traduction de Alexandre Arnoux
Paris: H. Piazza, 1921. Hardcover. 166, [2] p.: 1 handcolored plate; 16 cm. Three-quarter dark green morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpaper matching boards. Original wrappers printed in orange and green bound in.
"Achevé d'imprimer le 15 Février 1921 sur les Presses de G. Kadar, Paris" -- colophon. Ornamental borders on each page. In the series Ex Oriente Lux. The handcolored plate is by Léon Carré (1878-1942). This study of Moorish ballads is an early work by the French author Alexandre Arnoux (1884-1973). In Very Good- Condition: leather is rubbed, with several small scrapes; green is faded, especially from spine (as is usual with green morocco); clean and tight. Very Good -. Item #003528
Price: $22.00