Alfred de Musset; Maurice Baring [trans.] — Fantasio: A Comedy in Two Acts

Haarlem, The Pleiad, 1929 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Alfred de Musset humorous play, designed by Frederic Warde. Limited to five-hundred and fifty hand numbered copies, of which this is number one-hundred and thirty-five.Translated from the original French by Maurice Baring.Illustrated with two hand coloured plates and a further ten monochrome lithographs by Fernand Giauque. Collated, complete.A beautiful copy of this entertaining French play, designed and arranged by book designer, editor, and typography designer Frederic Warde, considered to be one of the greatest book designers of the twentieth century.With the name plate of F. R. Furber to the head of the front pastedown, and the armorial bookplate of Geoffrey P. Shakerley, a Lieutenant Colonel in the King's Rifle Corps also to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with fading to back strip. Two bookplates to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Fernand Giauque; Frederic Warde. Very Good Indeed .