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26 - [Songs and Ballads] Paris, H.-L. Delloye, Librairie de Grani…
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Estimate €300 - €500
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[Songs and Ballads] Paris, H.-L. Delloye, Librairie de Granier frères, 1843. Folk Chants and Songs of France. 3 vols. in-4 (27.7 x 17.8 cm), red half-shagreen with corner pieces, ribbed spine decorated with embossed borders, untrimmed (contemporary binding). ‘An admirable publication […], one of the finest of the nineteenth century; it is rightly held in high esteem and can be compared to the beautiful illustrated books of the eighteenth century’ (Carteret). The pages containing the lyrics are finely illustrated and engraved on steel. Bookseller’s label ‘La Bibliofila’ in Milan. Spines very slightly rubbed, corners blunt. Bibliography Carteret, Romantique, III, p. 143.
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About the sale The Rothschild taste, passed down through the generations: A pied-à-terre on the Champ-de-Mars
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Auction time 09/22/2026 at 2:30 PM
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