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114 - [FRENCH NOVELS: DETECTIVE, DARK, AND ROMANTIC].
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[FRENCH NOVELS: DETECTIVE, DARK, AND ROMANTIC]. A collection of 21 works, comprising 44 volumes in total. 1) LAMOTHE-LANGON (Étienne-Léon de). *The Banner of Death, or The Monastery of the Black Brothers*. Paris, Pollet, 1824. 4 in-12 volumes, modern half-calf, plain covers, untrimmed. 4 frontispieces in the ‘noire’ style. 2) HEURES (Marie d’). *Jane Shore*. Paris, Barba, 1824. 2 volumes in-12, contemporary half-basane. 2 frontispieces. 3) [ANONYMOUS]. *Chronicles Drawn from Ancient Monasteries*. Paris, Dentu, 1830. 4 volumes in-12, decorated pink half-calf (Devauchelle). 4) SAINT-VENANT (Mme de). The Ghost of Nembrod Castle. Paris, Fréchet, 1808. 19th-century half-cloth binding. 5) [BROSSIN de MÉRÉ (Élisabeth)]. The Three Monks by M. de Favrolles. Paris, 1821. 2 volumes in-12, modern marbled sheepskin. 2 coloured frontispieces. 5) BROSSIN de MÉRÉ (Élisabeth). *Irma, or the Misfortunes of a Young Orphan*. An Indian tale. Paris, Lerouge, Year VIII (1800). 2 volumes, small in-12, contemporary decorated sheepskin. 6) COUDURIER. Rosaïde. Paris, Mars, Pigoreau, 1825. 2 volumes in-12, in contemporary half-basane. 2 frontispieces. A copy bearing the coat of arms and the ex-libris of the Duchess of Berry (Bibliothèque de Rosny). 7) PERRIN (Charles-Hippolyte). Adèle de Mercourt, or The Mysterious Child… followed by Maria, or The Young Muslim Girl. Paris, Delacour, 1812. 4 volumes in-12, in contemporary half-basane. 4 frontispieces. 8) [LECLERC (M. Th.)]. *The Castle of Duncam, or The Invisible Man*. Paris, Maradan, (1800). 2 tomes in one in-12 volume, in contemporary half-basane. Bound together with: PIGAULT-LEBRUN. *Theodore, or The Peruvians*. Id., 1800. 9) MAIMIEUX (Joseph de). *The Count of Saint-Méran, or The New Errours of the Heart and Mind*. Paris, Leprieur, 1791. 4 volumes in-12, contemporary sheepskin. 4 frontispieces. 10) SEWRIN. Papa Brick, or What is Death? Paris, Barba, Year IX (1801). 2 tomes in one in-12 volume, contemporary half-basane. 2 frontispieces. 11) LEFEVRE-MARCHAND (Flore). Nanine of Manchester. Paris, Marchand, 1802. 3 volumes in 2 in-12 volumes, in contemporary half-basane. Bound together with: [ANONYMOUS]. Alexis et Rosalie. Paris, Lottin, 1800. 12) PROPIAC (Chevalier de). La Sœur de Sainte Camille ou la Peste de Barcelone. Paris, Pollet, 1822. 2 volumes in one 12mo volume, in decorated contemporary half-basane. 2 frontispieces. 13) CISSEY (Charles). Amelina et Florello. A Portuguese Story. Paris, Ouvrier, 1801. 3 volumes in 2 in-12 volumes, in contemporary half-basane. 3 frontispieces. Bound together with: HAYWOOD (Eliza). Emmanuella, or The Premature Discovery. Ibid., Year IX (1801). Frontispiece. 14) LAMARTELIÈRE (Jean-Henri-Ferdinand). Fiorella, or The Influence of the Cotillon… Paris, Chaigniau, 1802. 4 frontispieces. 15) PERRIN (Charles-Hippolyte). *La Baronne de Merville, or The Errors of Love*. Paris, Delacour, 1813. 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary half-basane. 2 frontispieces. 16) SEWRIN. The Récollets of Munich… Paris, Capelle, 1803. In-12, decorated sheepskin of the period. Frontispiece. 17) LOAISEL de TRÉOGATE (Joseph-Marie). Dolbreuse, or The Man of the Century… Avignon, 1793. 2 volumes in-16, contemporary sheepskin. 2 frontispieces. 18) Les Repaires du crime ou histoires de brigands fameux. Paris, 1813. In-16, modern half-calf, untrimmed, cover. 19) ANTOINE (Antoine). The Timid Children Set Right. A work intended to protect children from any notion of apparitions, revenants, or ghosts... Paris, 1828. 16mo, half-calf (Lobstein). Frontispiece and title vignette. 20) [ANONYMOUS]. The Bandit of the Apennines, or the Memorable Adventures of the Famous Diavolo Sacripanti. Freely translated by C. D. Paris, Locard and Davi, undated (c. 1800). 16mo, half-calf, untrimmed, plain marbled cover (Lobstein). Frontispiece and title vignette. 21) MAYER (de). Geneviève of Cornwall and the Nameless Young Man. London, 1784. 16mo, contemporary half-basane. Frontispiece.
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