Adventures of Tartarin in the Alps

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DAUDET (Alphonse). Tartarin sur les Alpes. Nouveaux exploits du héros tarasconnais. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, "Edition du Figaro", 1885, octavo, beautiful half-morocco binding with raised corner motifs, blue percaline boards decorated with a gold 'F' and a quill in a cold-stamped shield, the same decoration on the smooth spine, gilt edges, untrimmed, beveled edges, preserved cover, 334 pp. illustrated with numerous illustrations in the text and 16 color watercolors including 3 out of text, by ARANDA, de BEAUMONT, MONTENARD, MYRBACH, and ROSSI engraved by Guillaume frères. A very pleasant copy.