358 - Dorion, (C.-A.). Perkin Warbek, roman historique. 3 vols. Paris, Nicolle, 1819. Small octavo. Contemporary leather bindings (signed 'Relie P. Doll') with gilt spine, top and inner edges, and gilt-stamped coat of arms supralibros of the Duchess de Berry on the covers (somewhat rubbed, bumped, outer hinges partly cracked).

Dorion, (C.-A.). Perkin Warbek, roman historique. 3 vols. Paris, Nicolle, 1819. Small octavo. Contemporary leather bindings (signed 'Relie P. Doll') with gilt spine, top and inner edges, and gilt-stamped coat of arms supralibros of the Duchess de Berry on the covers (somewhat rubbed, bumped, outer hinges partly cracked). First edition of the rare novel about Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474-1499), who posed as Richard of Shrewsbury and campaigned against the English King Henry VII.- Slightly browned.- From the collection of the Duchess de Berry with the bookplate of her Bibliothèque de Rosny on the cover, binding from the workshop of the Parisian bookbinder Pierre Doll, who produced his high-quality bindings for, among others, Napoleon I, Queen Marie-Amélie, etc.