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A set of sixteen hardback books and two paperbacks comprisin…
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170
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A set of sixteen hardback books and two paperbacks comprisin…
See original version (French)
Estimate
€10 - €20
Voluntary lot
Description
A set of sixteen hardback books and two paperbacks comprising:
- Stendhal, *The Red and the Black*, illustrated by George Pichard, 2 paperback volumes, published by Vital de Valence, 1946;
- Stendhal, *Unpublished Correspondence*, published by Michel Levy Frères, 1855 (foxing and water stains);
- Count Joseph de Maistre, *Evenings in St Petersburg* followed by a treatise on sacrifices, 2 volumes, printed by De Cosson, 1821 (front cover detached)
- Atlas of Engineering Science, 2 volumes, Imprimerie de Brunet, 1825 (writing on the endpapers, torn and yellowed pages);
- *Cours d’opérations de chirurgie*, 2 volumes, (signs of damp, yellowing, damaged spine)
- *The Roman Antiquities of Denys of Halicarnassus*, Volume Two, printed in Paris by Grégoire Dupuis, 1842 (water stains, yellowing of the pages);
- La Fontaine, five volumes, including:
-- *The Loves of Psyche and Cupid*, published by Charles Osmont, 1708 (front cover detached and back cover missing, yellowed pages, water stains and foxing);
-- Selected Fables, set in verse, published by Denys Thierry, 1669 (spine and head damaged, signs of damp, pages torn and creased);
-- Œuvres diverses, Volume Two, published by the Widow Pissot, 1729 (pages yellowed, water stains);
-- Tales, 2 volumes: Volume One and Volume Two, London 1801 (front covers detached, pages yellowed, water stains, foxing);
- And *Les Délices de la Hollande*, illustrated by Félix Oudart (signs of damp, damaged corners).
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ID: 88089043
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