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Leducq Maison de Ventes aux enchères
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(Various authors) – 2 volumes.
See original version (French)
20
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(Various authors) – 2 volumes.
See original version (French)
Estimate €60 - €80
Voluntary lot
Description
(Various authors) – 2 volumes.
- *Les Sensitives. Album des Salons…* Edited by Bibliophile Jacob. Paris: Mme Vve Louis Janet, n.d. [1845].
Folio, publisher’s red half-maroquin binding, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fleurons, covers in percaline slightly discoloured at the edges, gilt title on the front cover within a gilt scroll border, speckled edges, corners and caps rubbed.
[4 ff.], 155 pp., 18 English engravings by Finden.
A charming celebration of young women in 18 prose short stories. Alexandre Dumas lent his pen to a young ‘Rose’. Other contributors include Clémence Robert, Anaïs Ségalas, Arsène Houssayre, Émile Deschamps, Fanny Richomme, Louise Colet…
- Beautés de Walter Scott. Magnificent portraits of Walter Scott’s heroines, each accompanied by a literary portrait. Paris, Garnier Frères éditeurs, undated [1852].
In-8, green half-shagreen, covers in percaline with a shagreen-grain finish, decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges. Scattered foxing. A fine copy.
[2 ff.], 112 pp., 28 steel-engraved portraits as inserts.
First edition (Carteret III, 230).
Alexandre Dumas is the author of the portraits of Flora Mac Ivor (Waverley) and Marguerite Branksome (The Ballad of the Last Minstrel).
Other contributors include: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Louise Colet, Virginie Ancelot, Jules Janin, Émile Souvestre…
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