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Photography Books & Fine Books in All Fields
11:00 AM PT - Dec 12th, 2008

 

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Lot 4678 save

Courtiers and Favourites of Royalty

Title: Courtiers and Favourites of Royalty
Author: **
Description: 19 (of 20) volumes. Colored frontispiece in each volume; additional uncolored plates throughout. (8vo) 8¾x5¾, original full brown morocco, elaborate gilt borders on covers with red fleur-de-lis center and corner devices, spines gilt, top edges gilt. One of 52 sets of the "Edition Magnifique"Includes memoirs of Richelieu, Madame D'Epinay, Fouche, Marmontel, Madame Du Barri, Empress Josephine, Talleyrand, Cardinal de Retz, and Henry IV.
Heading: zzk(Fine Bindings)Place Published: Paris/London, and New York
Publisher: Societe des Bibliophiles/Merrill and Baker
Date Published: [c. 1900]

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This is a two day auction running Thursday 12/11 and Friday 12/12. Invoices will not be available before Monday 12/15.


Condition report

Lacking the third volume of the Memoirs of Richelieu. Spines faded, leather a bit dry, two volumes with front boards detached, some chipping to spine ends, light edge wear; else good.

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