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Batch of bound volumes mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries, including CASANOVA. Memoirs of J. Casanova de Seingalt written by himself. Paris, Editions de la Sirène, 1924-1935, 12 volumes in-4 bound full basane, spines decorated, double title piece. Illustrated with 98 off-text plates and 270 in-text illustrations. CHEVREAU. History of the World. In Paris, at the home of the widow Edme Martin and Jean Boudot, 1686, 2 volumes in-4 bound full basane, used period, double fillet framing on plates with spandrels, gilt edges, some restorations. Illustrated with two vignettes on titles, a frontispiece and headbands, handwritten ex-libris, sometimes crossed out, on title. Samuel RICHARDSON. Clarisse Harlowe. Geneva, 1785-1786, 10 volumes in-8 bound demi-basane period, smooth spines decorated, double title-piece. Illustrated with 21 beautiful figures by Chodowiecki and a frontispiece portrait by Pujos. First edition in-8 in the new translation of Letourneur, the original English edition was published in 1748.
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Batch of bound volumes mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries, including CASANOVA. Memoirs of J. Casanova de Seingalt written by himself. Paris, Editions de la Sirène, 1924-1935, 12 volumes in-4 bound full basane, spines decorated, double title piece. Illustrated with 98 off-text plates and 270 in-text illustrations. CHEVREAU. History of the World. In Paris, at the home of the widow Edme Martin and Jean Boudot, 1686, 2 volumes in-4 bound full basane, used period, double fillet framing on plates with spandrels, gilt edges, some restorations. Illustrated with two vignettes on titles, a frontispiece and headbands, handwritten ex-libris, sometimes crossed out, on title. Samuel RICHARDSON. Clarisse Harlowe. Geneva, 1785-1786, 10 volumes in-8 bound demi-basane period, smooth spines decorated, double title-piece. Illustrated with 21 beautiful figures by Chodowiecki and a frontispiece portrait by Pujos. First edition in-8 in the new translation of Letourneur, the original English edition was published in 1748.
