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545 - SAVIGNY (Abbé de). *The Book for Young Ladies*. Games. – Pas…
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Estimate €60 - €80
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SAVIGNY (Abbé de). *The Book for Young Ladies*. Games. – Pastimes. – Exercises. – Useful and recreational arts. – Amusements, etc. Illustrated by E. Frère. Paris: Published by Gustave Havard, 1847. Small 8vo (13.3 x 19.5 cm) with 1 half-title page, 1 illustrated title page, IV–152 pp. Romantic-style cardboard binding. Full midnight-blue percaline, gilt edges. Polychrome decoration on the front cover (Brasseur): embossed border; central panel depicting a young girl seated and sewing, with another young girl opposite her holding a doll which she is making walk; a tree on either side; on the ground, a racket, balls and shuttlecocks; maps and a world map on a table. Romantic ironwork decoration on the spine. Back cover: blind-stamped borders, with a gilded basket of flowers in the centre. First edition. Numerous black-on-wood vignettes within the text. A lovely series from the ‘Petits Romantiques’ by Havard. Following *Le Livre des écoliers*, the Abbé de Savigny presents here a comprehensive picture of young girls’ pastimes: sedentary games, active games, memory games, dolls and gymnastics.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 1 of 4 – Nos. 1 to 549
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Auction time 08/19/2026 at 11:00 AM
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