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239 - Leather-bound edition by Creuzevault SAINT-SIMON (Louis DE R…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Description
Leather-bound edition by Creuzevault SAINT-SIMON (Louis DE ROUVROY de), Duke – [DECARIS (Albert)] Louis XIV. Paris, Éditions d’Omphale, 1945. Large quarto; illustrated with 38 engravings by DECARIS. Limited edition of 350 copies, one of 50 on Rives vellum with a suite on Montval laid paper. Copy featuring 2 pen-and-ink drawings (one of which is a double-page spread), one signed in pencil. Blue morocco leather binding signed CREUZEVAULT, gilt title on a smooth spine, mosaic decoration depicting the cipher of Louis XIV surmounted by a crown at the centre of a large cream and gold mosaic sun, blue suede endpapers, gilt edges, in a slipcase with flaps.
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Auction time 07/03/2026 at 10:00 AM
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