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an old book with gold trim and a black coveran old book with a picture of a woman and a child on itan old book with a drawing of an angel sitting on the groundan open book with a drawing of a man standing on top of a building
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Estimate €450 - €650
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Description
Bindings Pellico di Saluzzo, Silvio *Mes Prisons*, followed by *Les Devoirs des Hommes*. Dark brown morocco with gilt edging, gilt-stamped title label and gilt fillets with a gilt floral frame, as well as gilt raised and inner edges and red leather endpapers with gilt embossing, signed Chambolle-Duru. In a half-leather slipcase. With numerous steel engravings, as well as an etched portrait and frontispiece; the frontispiece in two states. Paris, Delloye, 1844. 1 leaf, XXII, 4°. (Slipcase slightly rubbed, top slightly chipped). With a handwritten ownership note. – Not listed in Monod. – The steel engravings are based on drawings by, amongst others, Ségun, D’Aubigny and Steinheil. – Masterful binding by the French bookbinding duo of René Victor Chambolle and Hippolyte Duru. - Bound with the original paperback. Some pages have minimal foxing; the frontispiece is more heavily affected. Overall, a very clean copy with numerous finely lined steel engravings. Dark brown morocco with gilt decoration, gilt-stamped title and fillets with a gilt floral frame, gilt edges and inner edges, and red leather endpapers with gold stamping, signed Chambolle-Duru. In a half-leather slipcase. Featuring numerous steel engravings as well as an engraved portrait and frontispiece; the frontispiece appears in two states. (Slipcase slightly rubbed, slightly broken at the top). - With a handwritten note of ownership. - Not listed in Monod. - The steel engravings are based on drawings by Ségun, D’Aubigny, Steinheil, amongst others. – Masterful binding by the French bookbinding duo René Victor Chambolle and Hippolyte Duru. – Bound with the original brochure. Some minimal foxing; the frontispiece is more heavily affected. Overall, a very clean copy with numerous fine-line steel engravings.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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