"Catulle Mendès "hespérus", Illustrated By Carloz Schwabe, Paris 1904"
[SCHWABE].– MENDÈS (Catulle) Paris, Société de propagation des Livres d'art, 1904. Hespérus. Large octavo (28.5 × 20.5 cm), loose sheets in publisher's slipcase. Edition adorned with 33 hand-colored stencil compositions by Carlos Schwabe, including one for the cover. Deluxe edition limited to 170 copies (not 165 as indicated), this being one of 25 copies reprinted on paper from the Imperial Japanese paper mills. “It is one of the most beautiful books illustrated by the artist and also one of the most representative of Symbolism.” (Carteret IV, 276).
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