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15 Leatherbound Books, French Literature

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Collection of Antique Books: Collection of Eighteen 18th-19th Century French Gilt Tooled Leather Bound Books. Various topics of history, religion and literature. Largest measures 7-3/8" H, 4-3/4" W; smallest measures 5-1/4" H, 3-

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(29) FRENCH LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS: (lot of 29) French library shelf books, 20th c., leather bound, some with illustrations, gilt embossed spines and covers, including: twenty-nine volumes, "Histoire et de Literature," largest: approx 8

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15 Leatherbound Books, French Literature

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including: [Memoirs of Celebrated Characters] by Alphonse de Lamartine, London: Richard Bentley, 1858, three volumes (complete), bound in three quarter tan leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, green and brown morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers; [Oeuvres Completes De La Fontaine], Paris: A. Sautelet et Cie, 1826, text in French, bound in full red leather, cover with blindstamped Gothic arch and rose window decoration and gilt ruling, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, marbled endpapers, aeg; [Herodias] by Gustave Flaubert, Paris: Societe des Beaux Arts, circa 1890s, the Salon Edition, number 97 of 550 copies, bound in three quarter dark green leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and floral decoration to spine, four raised bands, marbled endpapers; and others

Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut

Condition

light wear to extremities, some bumped corners, scattered scuffs, scratches, and small losses to leather, scattered light staining throughout; Herodias with some tissue guards torn/detached, some image offsetting and toning to plates

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15 Leatherbound Books, French Literature

Name: 15 Leatherbound Books, French Literature
SKU: 135836370
Price: 150 USD
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