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75 - [BINDING]. KEEPSAKE DE L'ART EN PROVINCE, dedicated to young…
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[BINDING]. KEEPSAKE DE L'ART EN PROVINCE, dedicated to young people, illustrated with English engravings. Moulins, Desrosiers, [c. 1841–43]. Large 8vo, navy blue velvet, covers decorated with blind-stamped designs, corners adorned with gilt metal medallions, gilt metal clasp, plain spine decorated with blind-stamped and gilt rocaille motifs, gilt title, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Slight foxing; a small loss of cloth in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover. FIRST EDITION of one of the three keepsakes published by Desrosiers under the title ‘L’Art en province’, this volume comprising 37 chapters. 8 full-page steel engravings, including a frontispiece. From the LIBRARY of the Marquis DADVISARD, with a heraldic bookplate pasted to the inside front cover. A DELIGHTFUL 19TH-CENTURY DECORATED CLOTH BINDING.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 11/18/2026 at 2:15 PM
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