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three red books sitting on top of each other on a white surfacean open book with a picture of a man sitting on top of it
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48 - ROTHSCHILD (Henri de) Paris, Librairie E. Droz, 1934.
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Estimate €250 - €350
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ROTHSCHILD (Henri de) Paris, Librairie E. Droz, 1934. A Bibliophile of Yesteryear. Baron James-Édouard de Rothschild, 1844–1881. Quarto (27.8 x 22. & cm), scarlet morocco, covers with Duseuil-style gilt decoration and fleurons at the corners, ribbed spine adorned with gilt motifs, gilt edges, inner border of gilt motifs, scarlet silk endpapers and linings, covers and spine preserved (Huser). First edition. Numerous photographs reproduced as inserts. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies, one of 230 on Arches vellum paper (no. 1). Corners and caps very slightly rubbed; a vertical scratch in the centre of the upper cover. JOINTS – ROTHSCHILD. Catalogue of the books comprising the library of the late Baron James de Rothschild. Paris, Damascène Morgand, 1884. 2 substantial vols., small quarto (25.6 x 16.3 cm), red half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine decorated with gilt motifs, gilt heads, untrimmed (C. Chapalain). Numerous illustrations in the text, separate plates, most of them in chromolithography. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies (no. 2). – ROTHSCHILD (James de). The Successors of J. Loret. Letters in Verse. Paris, Damascène Morgand and Charles Fatout, 1881. 2 vols., large 8vo (24.1 x 15.7 cm), red half-maroquin, ribbed spine, gilt heads (C. Chapalain). Limited edition of 600 numbered copies; one of the 100 on Dutch laid paper (no. 4). Set of 5 vols. Provenance: 2 & 3 Henri de Rothschild (bookplate).
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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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