Story of Manon Lescaut & the Knight

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PREVOST, Abbé. Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux. Preface by Guy de Maupassant. Compositions by Maurice Leloir. Paris, Julles Tallandier, "Les Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'esprit", n.d., large 8vo, XXII-1 f.-203 pp. half-leather binding with corners, gilt head, preserved printed and illustrated covers, minor wear to corners, fresh interior. Illustrations by Maurice Leloir: frontispiece originally engraved by Huyot, 2 etchings engraved by L. Ruet, off-text watercolors printed by Jacoub and Aulard, and a black drawing at the top of each page; in the tailpiece of the preface, portrait of Maupassant, and at the head of the chapter of the "Author's Notice", portrait of Abbé Prévost. Text and vignette in a frame border on all pages.