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A GROUP OF FOUR ENGRAVINGS PUBLISHED IN 1851 FROM A HISTORY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE BY JOHN FINCHAM, 24cm x 16cm each.

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A GROUP OF FOUR ENGRAVINGS PUBLISHED IN 1851 FROM A HISTORY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE BY JOHN FINCHAM, 24cm x 16cm each.

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[HISTORY] CELLIEZ (A). Les Reines de France. Published by P. C. Lehuby in 1851. In-8 format, romantic publisher's boards, all edges gilt. Frontispiece, numerous black steel engravings. Upper hinge weakened, headbands worn. Reasonable condition.

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[LITERATURE] FONTAINE (Jean de la). Contes de la Fontaine. Published by Gustave Havard in 1851. In-4 format, paperback. Numerous black illustrations in text. Some foxing. Fairly good condition.

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Hungary - BOLDENYI (Jânos). Ancient and modern Hungary, history, arts, literature, monuments. Paris, H. Lebrun, 1851. In-8, blue percaline, smooth decorated spine, gold and cold decoration on spine and boards, gilt edges (publisher's binding). First edition, illustrated with numerous black figures in the text, 30 engraved plates, 10 of which are colored and gummed, and a map. A fine copy. Minor spotting, corners rubbed.

Estim. 100 - 150 GBP

DUPONT (Pierre). Chants et chansons. Illustrated with steel engravings after Tony Johannot, Andrieux, C. Nanteuil, etc. Paris, publisher, 1851. Paris, chez l'éditeur, 1851 (tome I), Paris, Alexandre Houssiaux, 1853 and 1854 (tome II and III), Paris, Lécrivain et Toubon, 1859. 4 vol. in-8, blond half-chagrin, finely decorated smooth spines, gilt title and tomaison (Flammarion-Vaillant). With an 8 pp. biographical note (before the preface) by Charles BAUDELAIRE. Numerous figures and music pages engraved outside the text. A fine copy, elegantly bound. Modern bookplate of the Lacombe family (Léon de Lyon). (Vicaire III, 516-528.)

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