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a set of five antique leather books with gold trimmingan old book with a black and white title on it
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57 - LA CALPRENÈDE (Gautier de COSTE) and ORTIGUE de VAUMORIÈRE (…
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LA CALPRENÈDE (Gautier de COSTE) and ORTIGUE de VAUMORIÈRE (Pierre). Faramond. Novel. Paris, Bauche, 1753. 4 volumes in-12, marbled fawn calfskin, decorated spines, red edges (contemporary binding). 2 ff., XXII pp., 447 pp. – 2 ff., 490 pp. – 2 ff., 553 pp. – 2 ff., 530 pp. First edition of this version of the famous novel *La Calprenède*. This is an abridged version adapted by Alexandre-Nicolas de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Surgères. Mylne-Martin p. 23 no. 5320. From the library of M. Le Gendre, Lord of Berville and Collande, with his armorial bookplate.  Worm damage to the hinges of volumes 3 and 4, with a section of leather missing from volume 4. Debuisson, Armorial of the Principal Houses and Families of the Kingdom 1757, p. 165, pl. 52.
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About the sale Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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