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MALHERBE. Poems by Malherbe, followed by a selection of his …
See original version (French)
156
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MALHERBE. Poems by Malherbe, followed by a selection of his …
See original version (French)
Estimate €180 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
MALHERBE.
Poems by Malherbe, followed by a selection of his letters. A new edition with variant readings and notes.
Paris: Janet and Cotelle, 1824.
In-8, (4)-XXXII-458pp., frontispiece portrait. Contemporary fawn calfskin, spine with broad faux raised bands highlighted with gilt or blind-stamped fillets, attractive repeated romantic gilt ironwork, blind-stamped motifs, gilt title, covers richly decorated with a blind-stamped garland, spandrel motifs and a large central Romantic metal stamp, guilloché grooves, gilt roulette on the grooves and endpapers, gilt edges (slight stains and discolouration on the binding, some scuffing on the covers, a small area of leather peeling, a few scattered foxing spots).
Description:
A fine copy in a beautiful Romantic binding by Simier, the King’s bookbinder.
With generous margins.
With an engraved portrait of Malherbe as the frontispiece.
See original version (French)
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