Beschreibung:

Bibliothèque miniature. Paris, Marpon & Flammarion, c. 1880-6 vol., 32mo, 7 x 4,5 cm. Publ. olive green morocco, spines on 4 raised bands (sl. discol. and rubbed), giltruled sides, gilt inside dentelle, a.e.g., housed in a matching box covered with brown shagreen and doubled with green fabric (upper cover lacking), with a leather ribbon titled "Bibliothèque miniature" (loose, defect.). Good set. Containing : Jean de La Fontaine - Fables, 2 vol. - Antoine-François Prévost - Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du chevalier Des Grieux. Edition illustrée par Tony Johannot 2 vol. - Silvio Pellico - Mes prisons. Edition illustrée par Tony Johannot - Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - Paul et Virginie. Important miniature books, "remarkable early examples of a really excellent process of photographic reduction. They are at the same time very successful attemps at the miniaturisation of existing editions of important texts (...)" (Bondy, on La Fontaine and Pellico). Ref. Welsh - Bondy p. Welsh - Not in Bondy. Welsh (= Mikrobiblion 183). - Bondy p. Welsh - Not in Bondy. - All in Bn-Opale plus. - None in Spielmann, Gumuchian.