Alfred de Musset; Maurice Baring [trans.] — Fantasio: A Comedy in Two Acts

Haarlem, The Pleiad, 1929 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Alfred de Musset humorous play, designed by Frederic Warde and with two hand coloured plates. Limited to five-hundred and fifty copies, with this copy being out of series.Translated from the original French by Maurice Baring.Illustrated with two hand coloured plates and a further ten monochrome lithographs by Fernand Giauque. Collated, complete.A beautiful copy of this entertaining French play, designed and arranged by book designer, editor, and typography designer Frederic Warde, considered to be one of the greatest book designers of the twentieth century. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip, with small bump to back strip head. Small marks to front board. Internally, generally firmly bound, though a touch strained to centre. Pages bright, but with the odd area of light spotting, and with offsetting to pages facing plates. Leaves unopened to heads. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Fernand Giauque; Frederic Warde. Very Good Indeed .