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Libert et associés

572 - PROYART (Abbé).

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€80 - 100

Sale fees

30%

PROYART (Abbé). Life of Madame Louise of France, a Carmelite nun and daughter of Louis XV. Paris, Méquignon, & Lyon, Périsse, 1823. 2 in-12 volumes, red long-grain morocco, with a gold serrated border framing the covers, superb gold-stamped ex-libris “Mademoiselle Adelaide Ruet” on the front cover, plain spine with decoration (contemporary binding). “Fifth edition, revised and corrected, expanded to include an account of the suppression of the Carmelites in the Netherlands under Emperor Joseph II and their transfer to the Royal Monastery of Saint-Denis in France, at the request of Madame Louise.” An engraved portrait on the frontispiece. A few slight foxing spots. COPY IN RED MOROCCAN LEATHER DECORATED WITH A SUPERB GOLD-EMBOSSED EX-LIBRIS.

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Auction details

Books & Graphic Arts
Monday, November 9
02:00 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Libert et associés +33 1 48 24 51 20 info@libert-associes.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 35,000 lots published

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