an image of a blue book with a gold trim on ita black and white image of a book with a clock on itfrench menu for a french restaurant with a picture of the menuan old picture of an old building with a clock toweran old black and white drawing of a castle with sheep in the foregroundpainting of a village scene with people and horses in the foreground and a mountain in the backgroundan old black and white drawing of a building with a man sitting in front of it
Maître Jean-Paul RENOUD-GRAPPIN

387 - TAYLOR (J.) & NODIER (Ch.) & CAILLEUX (Alph.
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Estimate €150 - €200
Description
TAYLOR (J.) & NODIER (Ch.) & CAILLEUX (Alph. de). Franche-Comté – Picturesque and Romantic Journeys through Ancient France. No place, Les Sillons du Temps, 1988. Folio. Publisher’s binding in natural-grain blue goatskin, spine with five raised bands, gilt title, Comtois coat of arms on the upper cover. set within a triple fillet border with gilt metal corners, identical blind-stamped border on the lower cover, gilt head, bookbinder’s slipcase with rounded top and bottom. An identical, deluxe facsimile of the edition published by Didot l’aîné in 1825. Printed in a run of only 500 copies; this is no. LIX of the 150 ‘Bibliophile’ copies, with a set of 43 separately printed engravings in a slipcase, ‘La Porte taillée à Besançon’, double-coloured. A very 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 - 41.41
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