STENDHAL. Le Rouge et le Noir. Paris, Creuzevault, 1945. 2 v - Lot 168

STENDHAL. Le Rouge et le Noir. Paris, Creuzevault, 1945. 2 volumes in-4, red morocco, large Romantic-style decoration on covers with spandrels and central finial in black calf embossed with floral and rocaille cold irons and multiple flowers in red calf, all set with gilded fillets and scrolls, 4-nerved spine similarly decorated, interior framed with gilded fillets and roulettes with black calf pastilles, red moiré silk lining and endpapers, double endpapers, gilded edges on witnesses, cover and spine, half-maroquin overlay folder, slipcases (Franz). Monod II-10443 /// I. (2f.)-234-(2f.)- / II. (2f.)-290-(3f.). 79 black etchings by Sylvain Sauvage. Edition of 425 copies on Lana vellum, this one of the top 50 containing a suite and an original sketch. Enriched with a refused plate.