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Alexandre DUMAS. A significant set of 29 Belgian counterfeit…
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Alexandre DUMAS. A significant set of 29 Belgian counterfeit…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Alexandre DUMAS. A significant set of 29 Belgian counterfeits in uniform binding: fawn calfskin, gilt fillet framing on the covers, ornate ribbed spine, title and volume number labels in black morocco, chiselled edges, red-speckled edges.
Brussels, J.P. Méline, 1833–1835; Méline and Cans, 1839–1854.
- Gaulle et France. J.P. Méline, 1833. 1 volume.
400 pp.
Title labels missing.
- Souvenirs d’Antony. J.P. Méline, 1835. 1 volume.
305 pp., [1 p.].
One leaf missing, upper hinge split, water-stain on the first few leaves, upper corners scuffed.
- Pauline. 1838.
312 pp. Water-stain.
- Jacques Ortis. 1839.
[1 f.], 298 pp.
First and last leaves foxed.
- Le Capitaine Pamphile. Mélines, Cans, 1839.
VI, 306 pp.
- Nouvelles impressions de voyage (Midi de la France). 1841. 2 volumes.
364 pp., 330 pp., [1 f.], excluding half-titles.
Munro, 104.
Upper flyleaf of the first volume detached.
- Praxède. Followed by Don Martinn de Freytas and Pierre le Cruel. 1841.
214 pp., [1 f.].
- Jehanne la Pucelle 1429–1431. 1842.
[1 f.], 275 pp.
Title pages missing.
- The Adventures of Lyderic. 1842.
[1 folio], 280 pp.
The title pages and volume numbers are missing.
- An Excursion along the Banks of the Rhine. 1842. 3 volumes.
[1 f.], 247 pp.; [1 f.], 254 pp.; [1 f.], 260 pp.
The title pages of volumes 1 and 3 are missing.
- The Knight of Harmental. 1842. 3 volumes.
265 pp., 259 pp., 250 pp. (excluding half-titles)
The pages from the first volume are missing; two pages are missing.
- Sylvandire. 1843. 2 tomes in 1 volume.
[1 f.], 277 pp., [1 f.], 280 pp.
Traces of water damage on the binding. The title page is missing.
- Ascanio. Mélines, Cans, 1843. 3 volumes.
[1 f.], 286 pp.; [1 f.], 258 pp.; [1 f.], 264 pp.
Stained bindings.
- Amaury. 1844. 2 volumes in 1 volume.
[1 folio], 254 pp., [1 folio], 260 pp.
- A Corsican Family, followed by The Story of a Dead Man as Told by Himself. 1844. 1 volume.
[1 folio], 242 pp.
- Painting in Antiquity. Followed by A History of Painters. 1845.
2 volumes in 1 volume.
[1 folio], 252 pp.; [1 folio], 284 pp.
- George. 1845. 2 volumes.
[1 folio], 305 pp.; [1 folio], 262 pp.
- The Medici. 1845.
[1 folio], 278 pp.
- *La Dame de Monsoreau*. 1845–1846. 6 volumes in 3 volumes.
[1 f.], 285 pp., [1 f.], 321 pp.; [1 f.], 280 pp.; [1 f.], 190 pp.
The parts of vol. 2 are missing, with superficial wear to the front cover.
- From Paris to Cadiz. 1847–1849. 4 volumes
[1 folio], 251 pp., [1 folio]; 220 pp.; [1 folio], 288 pp.; [1 folio], 276 pp.
Water damage to the second volume.
- The Viscount of Bragelonne (Sequel to Twenty Years After). Brussels, Méline, Cans, 1848–1850.
13 parts in 7 volumes in 12.
[1 folio], 283 pp., [2 folios], 285 pp.; [1 f.], 263 pp., [2 ff.], 276 pp.; [1 f.], 283 pp., [1 ff.], 277 pp.; [1 f.], 284 pp., [1 f.], 279 pp.; [1 f.], 278 pp., [1 f.], 259 pp.; [1 folio], 251 pp., [1 folio], 281 pp.; [1 folio], 329 pp.
The title page of Volume 1 is missing; minor losses to two volume number pages; one cap page torn off.
- The Regency. 1849. 2 volumes in 1 volume.
[1 f.], 271 pp., [2 ff.], 234 pp.
- Edward III. Sequel to *The Countess of Salisbury*. Mélines, Cans, 1849.
[1 f.], 236 pp., [2 ff.], 228 pp.
Minor tears to the covers
- The Black Tulip. 1850.
[1 f.], 261 pp., [1 f.], 248 pp.
- The Thousand and One Ghosts. The Woman with the Velvet Necklace. Mélines, Cans, 1850.
[1 f.], 320 pp.
- *Dieu dispose*. 1851. 6 tomes in 3 volumes.
[1 f.], 231 pp., [1 f.], 248 pp.; [1 f.], 264 pp., [1 f.], 264 pp. ; [1 folio], 260 pp., [1 folio], 288 pp.
- California. A Year on the Banks of the San Joaquin and the Sacramento. Travel impressions based on the accounts of an emigrant. 1852. 1 volume.
[2 ff.], 265 pp.
- Catherine Blum. 1854. 2 volumes in 1 volume.
[2 ff.], 222 pp., [1 f.], 246 pp.
- Captain Richard. Miscellaneous Writings, Cans, 1854. 2 volumes in 1 volume.
[1 f.], 248 pp., [1 f.], 248 pp.
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