Huth’s Copy, the Dedication Copy
Merlin Roman en Prose du XIIIe Siècle. Publie avec la Mise en Prose du Poème de Merlin de Robert de Boron d’après le Manuscrit Appartenant à M. Alfred H. Huth par Gaston Paris et Jacob Ulrich.
Paris: Firmin Didot et Cie, 1886.
First edition, one of 100 copies on J. Whatman Turkey Mill. [viii,], xci, [i], 280; [iv], 308, [2] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Huth’s Copy, the Dedication Copy. Full citron morocco, gilt-decorated with an all-over diapered pattern of repeating tulip fleur-de-lis, spines gilt in 6 compartments, t.e.g., by Rivière. Spines darkened, lacking the Huth leather bookplate in volume 1. Provenance: Alfred Huth (his morocco circular booklabel in vol. II). Item #261331
The dedication copy — Alfred Huth supplied the 13th century French manuscript from which this volume was based.
Price: $2,500.00 Free International Delivery
