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228 - BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE (Jacques-Henri).
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Estimate €400 - €500
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BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE (Jacques-Henri). Complete Works, arranged and prefaced with a biography of the author by L. Aimé-Martin.  Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, 1818. 12 volumes in-8, olive-coloured glazed calfskin, framed by two gilt fillets and a broad blind-stamped border, spine with raised bands decorated with palmettes and gilt fillets and broad blind-stamped fillets, decorated headbands and footbands, interior lace, gilt edges (Bradel-Derôme the Younger). An illustrated edition comprising 27 plates by Girodet, Moreau the Younger, Desenne, Lafitte, Prud’hon, Vernet and Isabey.  A very fine copy produced by Antoine Louis François Bradel-Derôme for Viscount Eugène de Bourbon-Busset (1799–1863). Fresh, with a few rare foxing spots. Brunet V, 57.
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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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