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122 - FRENCH DETECTIVE NOVELS. A collection of 7 works by various …
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FRENCH DETECTIVE NOVELS. A collection of 7 works by various authors. 17 volumes in total. 1) MONTALEMBERT (Marie Joséphine de COMARIEU, Marquise de). Horace, or The Castle of Shadows. Paris, Maradan; London, Bossange, 1823. 4 in-12 volumes, paperback, plain covers, decorated half-calf slipcases, slipcase for the set. 2) MONTJOYE (Galart de). *Manuscript Found at Mont Pausilype*. New edition... Paris, Le Normant, 1805. 5 in-12 volumes, black half-calf, untrimmed, covers (modern binding). 3) VAUGEOIS (Hippolyte). *Le Brigand saxon ou le souterrains du château de Honstein*. Paris, Pigoreau, 1825. 2 in-12 volumes, black half-calf, gilt fillets, untrimmed (modern binding). 4) GILBERT (L. T.). *La Lanterne du crime*. Paris, Dabo jeune, 1825. 4 tomes in 2 in-12 volumes, blue half-calf, decorated spines, marbled edges (contemporary binding). 4 frontispieces. 5) MARECHAL (Sylvain). *La Femme abbé*. Paris, Ledoux, 1801. 12mo, modern half-calf. 6) ARLINCOURT (Charles-Victor, Viscount d’). *Ipsiboé*. Second edition. Paris: Bechet, 1823. 2 volumes in-12, contemporary decorated half-basane. 7) [VILLEMAIN d’ABANCOURT (François-Jean)]. Le Cimetière de Mousseaux. Paris, Roux, 1801. 2 tomes in one in-16 volume, marbled half-calf, decorated spine (later binding). 2 frontispieces. Oberlé 213. Fine copies.
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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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