MAURICE SAND (1823-1889) MASQUES ET BOUFFONS (ITALIAN COMEDY) PARIS, 1860. ORIGINAL EDITION. 2 VOLUMES. IN FRENCH.

Text and drawings by Maurice Sand, engravings by A.Manceau, preface by George Sand. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, MDCCCLX [1860] 2 small in4 volumes, bound, VIII-359 and 384 pages. First edition and first printing of the 50 plates of costumes from the Commedia dell’arte, here in their coloured version. 27,3 x 19 x 4 cm Bound in half green chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated, slightly faded, one corner a little blunted, usual spotting and brown spots but a fine copy [Arnold à Lille]. Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld, baron Dudevant, known as Maurice Sand French writer, entomologist and painter. He is the son of the novelist and writer George Sand.