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[BINDING]. GAUTIER, Theophile (1811–1872). Le Roman de la Momie. Paris: F. Feroud, 1920. Royal 8vo. Pochoir–colored half–title, title, head– and tail– pieces, initial capitals; numerous engravings by E. Decisy after Georges Rochegrosse including additional engravings with remarque on Japon paper. Full crushed blue levant framed in gilt with sacred Egyptian lotus flower cornerpieces inlaid with red, white, pink, yellow, and green morocco’s; upper cover with a central Egyptian winged sun inland with pink, red, white, purple, turquoise, and tan morocco’s within gilt fillets, 5 compartments with 4 raised bands gilt, 3 compartments inlaid with more Egyptian motifs in various colored morocco’s, gilt lettering in remainder, top edge gilt, others uncut, turn–ins with several more lotus flowers inlaid with various colored morocco’s, gilt stamp–signed by Hattecoeur (spine a touch yellowed with few tiny spots of rubbing, else fine); original color pictorial wrappers bound in; morocco–edged slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 126 from a total edition of 1200 copies, this copy being one of 100 copies initialed by the publisher and containing two etching in different states. In a HANDSOME ART NOUVEAU BINDING.