Ruban (Petrus, binder).- Michelet (Jules) LInsecte, one of 500 copies on chine, bound in dark …

Ruban (Petrus, binder).- Michelet (Jules) L'Insecte, number 49 of 500 copies on chine, wood-engraved plates and illustrations by H.Giacomelli, bound in dark blue morocco, gilt, by Petrus Ruban, covers with panel of double set of 4 parallel gilt rules looping round to form corner-pieces, spine titled in gilt with compartments of similar tooling using three parallel lines and five raised bands, magnificent blue-grey morocco doublures with all-over design of inlaid swirling leafy fronds in green morocco and flowers in yellow & white all tooled in gilt, dark blue silk flyleaves, marbled endpapers, g.e., signed at foot of front doublure, morocco-backed marbled chemise with inlaid floral and gilt-tooled spine in compartments, board slip-case, 4to (c.285 x 190mm.), Paris, 1876. ⁂ A superb binding; a dramatic and striking design by Ruban with his characteristic use of parallel lines.