[ADELINE] - Lot 76

[ADELINE] La Farce des Quiolards. Based on a Norman proverb. With introduction and ten etchings by Jules Adeline. Rouen, 1881, in-4 bound in full chocolate-brown morocco, spine ribbed, covers preserved, slight scratches to second board. Signed binding by Kaufmann. Complete with 10 hors-texte etchings preceded by a captioned serpente. First edition strictly limited to 125 copies, and the copperplates have been erased. One of the first 20 copies printed on large paper containing a double set of proofs of the Eaux-Fortes, one in black on laid paper and the other in bistre on Wathmann paper, n°19 numbered and initialled by Jules Adeline, and enriched with an illustrated autograph calling card from the artist requesting an appointment. A fine, wide-margined copy of this comedy in Norman dialect.