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- Lot 238
CHINA] Adrien de MELOTTE DE LAVAUX - The last days of a legation. Wood and etchings by Alfred MARTIN. Liège, Imprimerie nationale des militaires mutilés et invalides, 1925. In-4, paperback, uncut. 87 pp. Narrative illustrated with 30 woodcuts in red or brown in the text or included in the pagination, a two-sided hors-texte plate showing a plan of the legations' district in Peking in 1900, a commemorative medal drawn in Peking and 3 flying hors-texts by Alfred MARTIN. The hors-texte represent a caravan, the summer palace and the street of the Legations. Limited edition of 575 copies, all on Ingres. ONE OF THE 42 COPIES OF THE SPECIAL EDITION FOR THE SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIÉTÉ DES BIBLIOPHILES LIÈGE WITH A SUITE IN BLUE-BLACK + 1 SUITE IN RED-LACQUER NOT INTENDED FOR THESE 42 COPIES. (n°97 for M. de Buggenoms). Complete with the notice to the bookbinder.
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