ROGER-MILES, Leon. Comment Discerner les Styles du VIIe au XIXe Siecle Etudes Pratiques sur les Formes et les Decors Propres a en Determiner les Caracteres. (RUDOLPH VALENTINO'S COPY)
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AUTHOR: ROGER-MILES, Leon
TITLE: Comment Discerner les Styles du VIIe au XIXe Siecle Etudes Pratiques sur les Formes et les Decors Propres a en Determiner les Caracteres.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Edouard Rouveyer, n.d. (c.1890's).
DESCRIPTION: RUDOLPH VALENTINO'S COPY. 1 vol., 11-1/4" x 8", limited to 50 numbered copies on Japan this being copy #23, with 900 illustrations engraved by J. Mauge. Bound in full olive green morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled and paneled with an arabesque design, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, others uncut, by Tallibart, with the personal bookplate of Rudolph Valentino designed by William Cameron Menzies on the front pastedown.
CONDITION: Hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, spine uniformly sunned, overall VERY GOOD.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: There were 349 lots of books, mostly single volumes, sold at the sale of Valentino's estate.
