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ROMANTIC CARTONNAGES. 3 volumes in-8 or large in-8, black or midnight blue percalines, boards and spines decorated with large gilt or polychrome motifs, gilt edges (Binding of the publisher) Vicaire, III-17 /// (2f.)-(300) / (2f.)-468 / (3f.)-IV-6 to 396. Set containing : - G. DARBOY. Les Femmes de la Bible Paris, Garnier Frères, 1850. 18 hors-texte plates engraved by Mote, Egleton, Eyles and Holl after drawings by G. Staal. Some foxing. - Eugène de LA GOURNERIE. History of Paris and its monuments. Tours, Mame, 1854. A frontispiece and 7 hors-texte engraved after drawings by Girardet and Rouargue. Small crack of 1 cm. to a jaw, scattered foxing affecting mainly the plates. - Louis-Phocion TODIÈRE. Les Illustres chevaliers sous Charles VI Paris, Librairie de l'enfance et de la jeunesse, Lehuby, s.d. (circa 1850). 12 plates off-text including the frontispiece.
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ROMANTIC CARTONNAGES. 3 volumes in-8 or large in-8, black or midnight blue percalines, boards and spines decorated with large gilt or polychrome motifs, gilt edges (Binding of the publisher) Vicaire, III-17 /// (2f.)-(300) / (2f.)-468 / (3f.)-IV-6 to 396. Set containing : - G. DARBOY. Les Femmes de la Bible Paris, Garnier Frères, 1850. 18 hors-texte plates engraved by Mote, Egleton, Eyles and Holl after drawings by G. Staal. Some foxing. - Eugène de LA GOURNERIE. History of Paris and its monuments. Tours, Mame, 1854. A frontispiece and 7 hors-texte engraved after drawings by Girardet and Rouargue. Small crack of 1 cm. to a jaw, scattered foxing affecting mainly the plates. - Louis-Phocion TODIÈRE. Les Illustres chevaliers sous Charles VI Paris, Librairie de l'enfance et de la jeunesse, Lehuby, s.d. (circa 1850). 12 plates off-text including the frontispiece.
