Description: Large volume collated in 4to, 33 x 25 cm, ¾ navy morocco bordered with a gilt double-fillet over marbled boards, raised bands, floral gilt arabesque in compartments, gilt lettering to spine, gilt endpapers, T.E.G. Text printed on wave paper watermarked “Whatman Turkey Mill 1884”; etchings printed on laid paper 32.2 x 24.3 cm, 20 x 13 platemark, 17 x 11 cm image; etched head- and tailpieces, initials. Printed on November 1, 1885.

Title-page: CATULLE MENDÈS | — | LES | îles d’Amour | Avec six Eaux-Fortes et trente-huit Dessins originaux | DE | G. FRAIPONT | {publisher’s device} | PARIS | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES DEUX MONDES | L. FRINZINE & C^ie, ÉDITEURS | 1, Rue Bonaparte, 1 | – | M D CCC LXXXVI ||

Collation: 4to; π⁴, 1-11⁴ 12², total 50 leaves, two binder’s flyleaves in the front and in the back, and 6 plates extraneous to collation.

Pagination: [i-v] vi-vii [viii] [1-3] 4-85 [86] [6], total 100 pages, ils.

Limitation (printed in red and balck): 1000 copies on vergé (№ 1-1,000), 25 copies on Whatman (№ I-XXV), 15 copies on Japon Impérial (marked A-O). This is copy № III, signed by the publisher.

Contributors:

Catulle Mendès (French, 1841 – 1909) – author.

Gustave Fraipont (Belgian-French, 1849 – 1923) – artist.

Charles Unsinger (French, 1823 – 1891) – printer.