PRÉVOST (Antoine-François). Manon Lescaut and around. XIXe-X - Lot 151

PRÉVOST (Antoine-François). Manon Lescaut and around. XIXe-XXesiècles. Set of approximately 35 volumes; some defects and incompleteness. Manon Lescaut. Paris, Éditions Stock, 1948. In-8, paperback, cardboard slipcase. Numbered copy on vélin chiffon du Marais. Introduction by Jean Cocteau. Etched frontispiece by Marianne Clouzot. -Histoire de Manon Lescaut. Paris, Glady frères, 1875. In-8, decorated olive morocco, gilt edges; binding faded (Gruel). Copy on Turkey Mill laid paper, with a suite of etchings before the letter. Introduction by Alexandre Dumas fils. Off-text etching illustration: portrait of the prefacer by Jules Jacquemard, portrait of the author and scenes by Léopold Flameng. Provenance: A.Meurice (bookplate). -Histoire de Manon Lescaut. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1878. In-8, paperback. Introduction by Anatole France. Engraved copperplate illustration hors texte by Louis Monziès. -Histoire de Manon Lescaut. Paris, librairie Charles Tallandier, 1898. In-4, half morocco basane with corners (publisher's binding). Introduction by Guy de Maupassant. Illustrated by Maurice Leloir, with engraved plates and drawings reproduced in the text. -Etc. With a play based on the story by l'babé Prévost: Barrière (Théodore) et Marc Fournier. Manon Lescaut. Drama in five acts with song. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1875. In-18, bradel of half-chagrin with corners, gilt head (S.David).