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two red books with a cross on the front and a cross on the backa person holding a book open to show it ' s coverthree pieces of leather with gold and black trims on a black surfacea person holding an open book with a cross on itan open book with a picture of a man on ita person holding a book open on a tablean open book with a picture of a man and a dog on ittwo red books sitting on top of each other on a gray surfacethree red books sitting on top of each other on a table
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51 - Chateaubriand (François-René de) – Serres (Raoul) *Les Marty…
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Estimate €300 - €500
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Chateaubriand (François-René de) – Serres (Raoul) *Les Martyrs*. Paris: La Tradition, 1942. 2 volumes, large quarto, bound in full garnet morocco leather with a half-garnet morocco slipcase featuring bands, and a edged slipcase. Covers decorated with mosaics, a frame and a crucifix in grey morocco on the front cover of each volume, with gilt and blind-stamped lines; ribbed spine decorated in the same style with the author’s name, title and date in gilt. All edges gilt on endpapers; inner covers and endpapers in garnet moiré; covers framed in morocco leather repeating the motifs on the covers. Covers and spine preserved (bound by Charles Lanoë). The bottom or top of the slipcase for Volume II is missing. Copy no. 60 on Arches vellum, with a set of all the plates bearing a note, printed in black. A very fine copy, free from foxing, illustrated with 46 colour etchings by Raoul Serres, here in double state.
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Auction time 10/26/2026 at 2:00 PM
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