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an old book sitting on top of a table with a gray backgroundan old book with a black and white title on itan old black and white drawing of a couple embracing in a wooded areaan old picture of a bird flying in the sky with the sun in the backgrounda drawing of a group of people with batsan old black and white drawing of a naked man and a naked womana picture of a drawing of a group of naked menan old print of a naked woman in a wooded area
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83 - MILTON (John) – CHATEAUBRIAND – LAMARTINE.
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Estimate €100 - €120
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MILTON (John) – CHATEAUBRIAND – LAMARTINE. *Paradise Lost*, translated by Chateaubriand, preceded by reflections on Milton’s life and writings by Lamartine, and illustrated with thirty magnificent original engravings on China paper, three of which are previously unpublished. Paris, Gustave Guerin et Cie, 1891. Folio, XXVI, 157 pp. [pp. XXV–XXVI bound at the end]. Brown half-basane, spine with five decorated false ribs, gilt title, speckled edges. (Contemporary binding). Binding rubbed, with foxing; plate ‘Adam’s Forgiveness’ on p. 100 has a small tear with no loss, previously reinforced at the spine. Complete with all 30 plates.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/11/2026 at 2:00 PM
Ref. : 226158 - 8.3
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