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4 HARDBACK VOLUMES: - AICARD (Jean). *La chanson de l’enfant*. New edition illustrated with 128 compositions by T. Lobrichon... Paris, Chamerot, 1884, large 8vo. 3 folios – 268 pp. – 3 plates. Red half-shagreen with corner pieces, ribbed spine, finely decorated panels, gilt head. (Smeers, Engel). A well-bound copy. A few foxing spots or small, faint pinholes throughout the volume. First edition featuring the delicate illustrations by the painter Timoléon Lobrichon, famous for his portraits of children. Portrait, facsimile and first inset plate; the others are full-page (3), as vignettes, headpieces and tailpieces. – Portraits, memories and scenes from childhood in verse, by the author of *Maurin des Maures*. (Vicaire I, col. 21). - LE SAGE (Alain-René). The Story of Gil Blas de Santillane. Illustrations by Jean Gigoux. Paris, Dubochet, 1838, large 8vo. 829 pp. – portrait. Olive half-calf, smooth spine, romantic decoration with gilded fillets and arabesques running lengthways, marbled edges. (Contemporary binding). - Some foxing, more pronounced on a few leaves. Minor tears to the binding. The some 600 woodcuts by Gigoux, famous in the history of the illustrated book of the 19th century, are from the third print run (1835, 1836 and this one). They differ in many respects from the previous editions. (Carteret III, 386). - MUSSET (Alfred de) - [JOHANNOT (T.)]. Voyage où il vous plaira. Paris, Hetzel, 1843, large 8vo, 2 leaves–170 pp.–1 leaf–65 plates–vignettes, in black and white. Contemporary aubergine half-basane binding, corners, spine with cold-engraved guilloché false ribs. – Some wear to the binding (modest, however), interior fresh, wide margins. First edition & first printing. A remarkable and fantastic (in the literal sense) work, superbly illustrated by Tony Johannot with several vignettes in the text and 63 plates (including the frontispiece) wood-engraved by various artists. ‘This book, richly illustrated, is (...) a very fine example of the Romantic era in terms of its originality’ (Carteret, III, p. 596) – (Vicaire V, col. 1252). ALSO INCLUDED: - MASSILLON (Jean-Baptiste). Œuvres. Paris, Lefèvre, 1835, 2 volumes, large 8vo. X-768 pp. – 2ff.-720 pp. – portrait. Contemporary bindings in cherry-coloured glazed half-calf, spine with 4 flat raised bands, gilt filleted panels, friezes at head and foot, marbled edges. - Decorative bindings, in excellent condition. Foxing on a few quires. Text in two columns. This edition is based on that of 1745, which was itself prepared by the author’s nephew.

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45 - 4 HARDBACK VOLUMES: See original version (French)

45 - 4 HARDBACK VOLUMES:
See original version (French)