PREVOST (Antoine-François, Abbé). Histoire de Manon Lescaut - Lot 154

PREVOST (Antoine-François, Abbé). Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux. Paris, Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1874. 2 volumes in-8, edition illustrated with 6 etchings by Hédouin, preceded by a study by Arsène HOUSSAYE. Bound in full blue morocco, boards richly framed in gilded fillets, scrolls and shells, spines with 5 nerves, red morocco spines framed in gilded fillets, rows of pearls and scrolls at spandrels, all edges gilded. In a bordered slipcase. Limited edition of 200 numbered copies, this one no. 143, one of 170 on Hollande. Signed Mercier SC. De Cuzin. Ex-libris Descamps Scrive. Copy including all illustrations in three states, one state on Whatman, one state on Hollande, and one state on vellum, the engraved portrait in four states with the line engraving on China paper.