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9 - A set of 5 *enfantina* volumes with illustrated plates:
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Estimate €60 - €100
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A set of 5 *enfantina* volumes with illustrated plates: 1/ - Udine, Jean d’. - *La Belle musique*. Paris, Devambez and Heugel & Cie, 1908. Large 8vo, percaline binding; front cover illustrated with a gilt composition by André Devambez, spine decorated with a musical stave, gilt head, filled covers preserved – 84 pp. Text calligraphied by the author and illustrated by Devambez with in-t drawings and 4 beautiful h-t colour compositions. 2/ - Goron, Marie-François. - *Mémoires de Poum chien de police*. Paris, Flammarion, 1913. Large 8vo, percaline with a green background, central vignette on a gilt background bearing the dog’s head, spine decorated with a gilt bulldog’s head – [2 ff.], 393 pp. Illustrated with 19 full-page black-and-white illustrations by Marin Baldo. 3/ - Hogson Burnett, Frances. – The Little Lord. Paris, Delagrave, 1935. Quarto, publisher’s percaline with a green background, the front cover decorated with a large gilt plate by Paul Souze depicting the little lord writing, with his dog at his feet (based on the illustration on page 141), spine adorned with the little lord followed by a band of boys - [2 ff.], 299 pp. Illustrated with 10 half-tint plates in black by A. Birch. 4/ - Dillaye, Frédéric. - Children’s Games. Their origin, their history and an explanation of the rules governing them. Paris, Libr. Hachette et Cie, 1885. Large 8vo, publisher’s cloth with a red background; the front cover adorned with a large gilt plate by A. Souze featuring numerous depictions of game equipment (racket, cricket bat, chessboard, cards, skittles, spinning top, bow, fishing rod, kite, stilts, sword, foil, hoop, croquet mallet, boules), decorated spine (string with hands, hourglass, ice skate, fish), gilt edges – [3 ff.], IV, 459 pp. Illustrated with 203 woodcuts. A very interesting study of over 40 games, described along with their history and variations. 6/ - Carpentier, Émilie. - The Twins of Lusignan or the Grandsons of Melusine. Paris, A. Hatier, [c.1900]. In-8, publisher’s percaline with a red spine decorated with a gold and silver plate (N. Laghtchiver) depicting the two brothers and Melusine, gilt edges – 237 pp., [1 f. table]. Illustrated with 6 wood engravings and 18 drawings by E. Mas, including 3 full-page illustrations.
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