La Ballade de la Geole de Reading
G. Cornelius, Oscar WildeParis: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1927.
First Thus.
29cm x 23cm. 26, xliv, [2] pages, 9 colour plates, 6 colour illustrations in the text. Illustrated wrappers, glassine jacket, papered folder, no slipcase. Text is in French.
French edition of Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol illustrated with 15 coloured copper engravings by Jean-Georges Cornelius. One of 225 numbered copies.
Near Fine Condition in Fair folder. Lacking the slipcase. The folder split at the upper joint but still holding by the thread. The glassine jacket and book with only very minor general wear. Very Good Condition.
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AU$1,000