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213 - MISCELLANEOUS. 6 works, 10 volumes:
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MISCELLANEOUS. 6 works, 10 volumes: - DEPPING (Georges-Bernard). Wonders and Beauties of Nature in France, or a Description of the Most Curious and Interesting Aspects of France... Paris, Eymery, 1822, 2 in-12 volumes, XI-334pp. – 324pp. in total – 7 plates. Granulated fawn sheepskin, gilt frame moulding, smooth decorated spines, marbled edges. (Contemporary bindings). – Paper slightly yellowed, a few small stains. 7 naively executed plates. Fifth edition of this famous work, which describes our caves, springs, waterfalls, torrents, mines and picturesque sites. Georges-Bernard Depping sought in this way to attract young people to geography, a subject then held in low esteem. (Gumuchian, p. 154, mentions the 9th edition (1845)). - [Youth edition] - Jugend-Album. Blätter zur angenehmen und lehrreichen Unterhaltung im häuslichen Kreise... Volume XI. Stuttgart, Koch, (circa 1880), in-8, VII-470pp.-1f.- 17 lithographs, some in colour. Publisher’s binding in beige cloth, with black and gold decoration. – Binding in good condition, paper slightly yellowed. - HAMONIERE (G.). The New Guide to Conversation, in Italian and French, in three parts... Paris, Barrois, 1818, small square in-12, VI-348pp.-1f. Contemporary binding in brown grained half-cloth. - A fresh copy. - MARMIER (Xavier). Souvenirs de voyages et traditions populaires. Paris, Masgana, 1841, in-12, 2ff.-VII-360pp. Contemporary bronze half-basane binding, corners, ribbed spine, gilt fleurons. – Ink bookplate on the title page. Slight foxing throughout the volume. – NETTEMENT (Alfred). Quiberon. Memories of Morbihan... Second edition. Paris, Lecoffre, 1882, in-12, 2ff.–359 pages–a few wood-engraved illustrations. Bound in contemporary burgundy half-shagreen, ribbed spine. - Volume in good condition. - BYRON (Lord). Complete Works. Translated by M. Amédée Pichot. Fifteenth edition, expanded with biographical notes and unpublished works, including notes by Moore, Walter Scott, Campbell, Gifford... Paris, Garnier, 1871, 4 in-12 volumes (11 x 17.5 cm), XIII–583 pp. – 540 pp. – 623 pp.–1f. - VII–674 pp. Contemporary light-coloured half-calf bindings, ribbed spines, title and volume number labels, gilt fleurons between the ribs on volume I. - Volumes in good condition.
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