SCHWABE (Carlos) & MENDÈS (Catulle).

SCHWABE (Carlos) & MENDÈS (Catulle).

L'Evangile de l'Enfance de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ selon Saint Pierre mis en français par Catulle Mendès d'après le manuscrit de l'abbaye de Saint Wolfgang. Paris, Armand Colin, sd [1894]. In-4, bradel blond morocco with large cold decoration on front cover, cold title on spine and front cover, gilt head (publisher's binding). Spine and edges lightly sunned, with a few small rubs. Fine edition illustrated on every page with Art Nouveau compositions and color illustrations by Carlos Schwabe: 14 full-page illustrations, 9 pages with bistre frames, 13 compositions around the text, and 83 floral frames, some of which are repeated. Unnumbered copy of the current edition (after a limited deluxe edition of 150 numbered copies). A good copy in a fine publisher's binding.