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Chansons de Paul Delmet

Willette. Delmet, Paul

Paris. Henri Tellier, Editeur. c.1900
A good complete copy of 'Chansons de Paul Delmet' preserving the original pictorial wrappers by Willette.

The work is dedicated to Félicia Mallet and includes poems set to music by Georges Auriol, Léon Durocher, Emile Goudeau, Propser Marius, Victor Meusy, Albert Tinchant and Maurice Vaucaire.

The songs are: 'Les Choux', 'Petit Chagrin', 'Les Petits Pavés', 'Joli Mai', 'Villanelle', 'Matin', 'Chanson de Rien', 'Désirs Perdus', 'Tourne Mon Moulin', 'Mirlitaine et Mirliton', 'Matin au Bois de Boulogne', 'Aubade', 'Petit Sentier', 'Avril' and 'Les Grands Yeux de l'Hôtesse'.
pp. 94. Small folio. (277 x 193 mm). Printed title with vignette by Willette, leaf with 'Table' in blue and 15 songs with printed music, each with title and illustrated with a full page lithograph by Willette. Full pink cloth, leather title label to spine, decorative patterned paper endpapers, original publisher's printed wrappers with pictorial title heightened with gold by Willette preserved, a.e.g.
#23933

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