Author: (Berty, Maurice). Prevost, L'Abbe
Title: Histoire de Manon Lescaut / Et Du Chevalier Des Grieux
Description: Paris: Editions Nilsson, (1930). (1930). Paris: Editions Nilsson, (1930). (1930). Fair. - Small quarto [approximately 9 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in plain cream wrappers in a pictorial glassine dust wrapper. The glassine is chipped & darkened with the front panel partially detached & with tears to the spine & rear panel. 200 & [3] pages plus colophon, unopened. Color dust wrapper illustration & 6 tipped-in hand water colored plates on glassine by Maurice Berty. The text block is detached from the wrappers. There is an owner's bookplate on the front endpaper & there are several tears to the edges of the endpaper. There are a few small creases to the bottom corners of the plates. The book is lightly cracked in several places. Fair. Despitre the condition of the binding, the plates are clean & bright.

The text is in French. Fair .

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATOR; FRENCH; MAURICE BERTY; WATERCOLORS; TIPPED-IN PLATES; HAND-COLORED; LITERATURE; FICTION; MANON LESCAUT; ABBE PREVOST.

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