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several old books are stacked on top of each other on a tablea book that is sitting on top of a book standa book that is sitting on a white surfacea close up of a book with a black and white imagea page from a book with a drawing of a man and a womanan open book with a drawing on it on a tablean open book with a drawing of a woman in a gardenan old book with a black and white image of a woman
Gros & Delettrez

105 - MONTESQUIEU Persian Letters Editions littéraires de France, …
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Estimate €30 - €50
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Description
MONTESQUIEU Persian Letters Editions littéraires de France, undated (late 19th, early 20th century). Illustrated with black-and-white and colour prints and stencil decorations. Etchings by Chas Laborde, coloured by Mademoiselle Lamy. Printed in a run of 400 copies. Copy on Pur Chiffon Lana vellum (number 93). With the black-and-white frontispiece as a loose sheet in a half-cloth slipcase with laces. Quarto, publisher’s binding in burgundy half-basane, smooth spine, gilt title and gilt fillets on the covers (Some quires with foxing)
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About the sale Modern illustrated books – a collection by an amateur bookbinder
Auction location
Auction time 07/03/2026 at 2:00 PM
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