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an old red book sitting on top of a table next to a gray wallthe front cover of a book with the title maximuses written in bluean image of a drawing of a woman in a dress and crownan open book with a black and white image of a clock on it
Maître Jean-Paul RENOUD-GRAPPIN

219 - LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (François de).
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Estimate €50 - €60
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Description
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (François de). [DECARIS (Albert)]. Reflections, or Moral Sentences and Maxims. 1959. Quarto, 254 pp. Red shagreen, spine with four false raised bands, gilt title, profile of the author in embossed leather in the centre of the upper cover, grey endpapers, gilt head, jute cloth slipcase edged with red shagreen. 20 original engravings by Albert DECARIS within the text. Collection presented by André de BILLY. Printed in a run of 500 copies; this is no. 192 of the 400 on Rives paper. Some scuffing to the rounded edges of the slipcase; a fine copy.
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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. : 226197 - 152.152
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