246 - 14 volumes:
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14 volumes: - FABRE (Ferdinand). [ROUX (G.)]. Taillevent. Illustrations by George Roux. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1895, in-4, 2ff.-373pp.-1f.- 13 illustrations. Publisher’s cardboard binding in grey cloth, covers decorated with black and gold chestnut leaf motifs, gilt edges. (Engel). – Hinges slightly stretched, interior fresh, minor soiling on the covers. - LE FAURE (Georges). The Adventures of Sidi-Froussard. Hai-Dzuong – Hanoi – Sontay – Bac-ninh – Hong-Hoa... Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1891, large in-8, 3 unnumbered folios – IV pp. – 396 pp. – numerous illustrations. Publisher’s red cloth binding, black and gold decoration on the cover, black on the spine, gold edges; front cover in ivory paper illustrated with a bold colour composition with gold highlights. - Gold on the binding slightly faded. (Patriotic Novels Collection). First edition. - MANZONI (Alessandro). [STAAL]. The Betrothed. A 16th-century Milanese tale... Paris, Garnier, 1877, large 8vo, 2 leaves – XVI pp. – 562 pp. – 20 plates, including the frontispiece; vignettes; 2 facsimiles of handwriting. Bradel binding in green half-cloth, corners, title label, cover and spine preserved. (Later binding). – Small foxing throughout the volume. - PEROCHON (Ernest). In the Shadow of the Wings. Illustrations by Ray-Lambert. P., Delagrave, 1939, large 8vo, 236 pp. – 1 folio – vignettes and full-page illustrations. Publisher’s burgundy cardboard binding. - A fine copy. - GOLDSMITH (Olivier) and Charles NODIER. *The Vicar of Wakefield*. New translation preceded by an introduction… and followed by notes by Charles Nodier… 10 vignettes drawn by T. Johannot… Paris, Lecou, Hetzel, (1852), large 8vo (17.5 x 26.8 cm), 2 folios – XXXI pp. – 308 pages – 10 engravings as inserts. Contemporary half-shagreen binding in tan, ribbed spine, panels with cold-stamped fillets and gilt fleurons, gilt edges. - Light foxing and a few stains throughout the volume. - BOILEAU (Nicolas). Complete Works of Boileau-Despréaux. New edition… with notes by all the commentators… illustrated… based on drawings by G. Staal. Paris, Garnier, (1869), large 8vo, XX pp.–543 pp.– 7 plates. Red half-chagrin, ribbed spine decorated with panels featuring interlacing gold fillets, scattered with small iron motifs, gilt edges. (Contemporary binding). - Spine very slightly faded. - LAGREZE (G.-B. de). Pompeii. The Catacombs. The Alhambra. A study, based on the monuments of pagan life at its decline, of Christian life at its dawn, and of Muslim life at its zenith... Third edition. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1889, large 8vo, 2ff.-558pp. Red half-shagreen, spine finely decorated with raised bands, gilt edges. (Contemporary binding). - Well bound, with light foxing. 105 engravings by Racinet, Bénard, etc., including 16 full-page illustrations. - BOURGET (Paul). Cosmopolis. A novel illustrated with watercolours by Duez, Jeanniot and Myrbach. Paris, Lemerre, 1893, large 8vo, 2ff.-IVpp.-471pp.-2ff.- 6 plates. Publisher’s binding in green embossed half-basane (snakeskin effect), corners, gold lettering, gold head. – Slight scuffing to the binding, paper slightly yellowed. First edition. - BARBE (Mrs C.-B.). Blanche of Castile. New edition. Rouen, Mégard, 1870, 8vo, 253 pp. – 2 illustrations. Publisher’s midnight-blue cloth binding, medallion on the covers, gilt edges. - A fine copy. (Bibliothèque Morale de la Jeunesse collection). - ASSOLLANT (Alfred). [YAN’ DARGENT]. A fantastical history of the famous Pierrot, written by the magician Alcofribas, translated from Sogdian by Alfred Assollant. Illustrations by Yan’ Dargent. Paris, Boivin, (1865), large 8vo, 349 pp. – 1 folio – numerous vignettes. Publisher’s red percaline board binding, with the City of Paris’s price stamp on the cover. - A fine copy. - ABOUT (Edmond). The Tale of a Brave Man. An illustrated edition featuring 52 drawings by Adrien Marie. Paris, Hachette, 1882, large 8vo, 3 leaves–321 pp.–1 leaf. Contemporary red half-chagrin binding, decorated panels, gilt edges. Front cover faded with traces of damp; spine is fresh; endpapers yellowed; stitching slightly loose. - ABOUT (Edmond). The Story of a Good Man. An illustrated edition featuring 52 illustrations by Adrien Marie. Paris, Hachette, 1899, large 8vo, 3 leaves–321 pp.–1 leaf. Contemporary red half-chagrin binding, decorated panels, price stamp of the City of Paris on the cover, gilt edges. - Some foxing. - GUMPERT (Mrs Thècle de). The World of Children. Moral tales… illustrated with 125 woodcuts by Jundt. Paris, Hachette, 1860, 8vo, 2 leaves–345 pp.–1 leaf. Bound in green half-chagrin, decorated spine, gilt edges. (Contemporary binding). – A few small stains, a tear in one leaf with no loss of text, minor flaws to the binding. - GRANGEON (Marie). Suzette la Forézienne. Tours, Mame, 1890, in-8, 212 pp. including frontispiece. Bound in contemporary cherry-coloured half-basane, ribbed spine, gilt fleurons. – A fine copy.

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246 - 14 volumes: See original version (French)

246 - 14 volumes:
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