Esquisses et souvenirs
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 182
Author
Moréas, Jean, 1856-1910
Title
Esquisses et souvenirs
Statement of responsibility
Jean Moréas
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Société du Mercvre de France
Series
Not identified
Printer
Bussière, Saint-Amand (Cher)
Date
1908
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Société du Mercvre de France, 1908
Language
French
Tirage
Twelve copies on Hollande paper numbered from 1 to 12; described copy numbered “425”
Collation
Pagination not verified from the supplied images
Illustrations
None
Format
Large octavo approx.
Dimensions
Not determined
Paper type
Good-quality laid paper
Watermarks
Not determined from the supplied images
Printing condition
Early twentieth-century French serif typography; carefully printed
Binding type
Half leather binding with corners
Colours
Burgundy and brown
Decoration
Burgundy grained cloth boards; spine with gilt tools
Spine
Leather spine with gilt tools; rubbing and small losses to edges and spine ends
Content description
Literary and memorial work gathering recollections, reflections and evocations linked to the French intellectual and Symbolist milieu of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Note 1
Original French edition published by Société du Mercvre de France
Note 2
Copy numbered “425”
Note 3
The limitation statement mentions twelve copies on Hollande paper numbered from 1 to 12
Note 4
Copy printed on quality paper
Note 5
Probable later binding replacing the original publisher’s wrappers
Main subject
French Symbolist literature
Subsubjects
French symbolism; decadent literature; literary memoirs; fin de siècle; Mercure de France
Shelfmark
182
Condition
Good overall condition; firm and functional binding with moderate wear and small abrasions to boards and edges; generally clean interior with slight oxidation and ageing marks
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
No bookplates, stamps or manuscript annotations observed; attractive and properly preserved copy