Illustrated tale of love and desire

Description

PREVOST, Abbé. Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux. Preface by Guy de Maupassant. Illustrated by Maurice Leloir. Paris, Librairie Artistique- H. Launette et Cie, G. Boudet Succ., 1889; small 4to, beautiful silk cloth binding (some rust marks), well-preserved interior, a few very rare marginal foxings, gilt edges, XXII pp., 203 pp. Text framed in a red border. Illustrations by Maurice Leloir include 212 black engravings in the text by Jules Huyot and 12 color illustrations out of text based on his watercolors (out of text under serpents). Delightful copy.