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Le club français du livre, 1965. in8. 1965. Relié. 310 pages.

Le club français du livre, 1962. in8. 1962. Relié. 307+280 pages.

Paris (An XI): Chez Arthus - Bertrand, Librairie, 1803. Editorial / Hard Cover. Bom / Good / Bon. In-12º (140x85). 1 Vol. de 220 pp. Avec 85 figures en taille-douce.

Lyon; N Scheuring, 1874 & 1875., 1874. Hard Cover. LIMITED EDITION, No 77 of an unspecified number to Vol I; Vol II limitation left blank. Octavo, pp [6], viii, 226; [4], v, [3], 272. Engraved title pages,frontispiece to Vol I and numerous engravings throughout. Full black calf with gilt titles and decoration to spines and gilt border to boards; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spines sunned and scuffed with wear at tails; corners worn. Armorial bookplate of Henry Sefton Elsdale to front pastedown Vol I; minor damp staining lower edge of endpapers & prelims Vol II otherwise contents clean. Overall in Good condition. French text. A handsome matching set with fine engravings.

1764. Amsterdam, 1764. 8vo. Two very nice cont. uniform red hcalfs; gilt backs w. gilt black leather title-labels. All edges uncut. Minor repairs to upper part of back of vol. one. In very good condition. Some of the text-leaves of the last section of the second volumes are evenly browned, and a few of the last leaves are professionally repaired, otherwise only occasional brownspotting to a few leaves. Nicely printed on good paper. Richly and beautifully illustrated w. the engr. portrait of La Fontaine, engr. frontisp. in both volumes, engr. title-vignettes, engr. preliminary vignette-leaves, 77 full-page engr. plates and 63 engr. text-vignettes. I.e. in all 80 engr. plates, 67 engr. vignettes and two woodcut vignettes (in the table of contents). This rare and very beautiful Amsterdam edition is printed two years after the monumental first edition from Paris, which was commissioned by Ferniers Géneraux, and which is very scarce and sought after. This is the most beautiful and well-executed of the… Read More