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68 - Fénelon (François de Salignac de la Mothe) Deux Dialogues sur la Peinture, [edited by Samuel Weller Singer], one of 50 18mo copies, from an edition limited to 100, old catalogue clipping mounted on front pastedown, original roan-backed pink boards, uncut, a little rubbed, Ballantine & Byworth, 1811 § Desbordes-Valmore (Marceline) L'Atelier d'un Peintre. Scènes de la Vie Privé, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, light foxing, contemporary half calf, spines in gilt & blind, small paper labels at foot, a little rubbed, Paris, 1833, 18mo & 8vo (3)

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£200 - 300 (€230 - 360)

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32.5%

Fénelon (François de Salignac de la Mothe) Deux Dialogues sur la Peinture, [edited by Samuel Weller Singer], one of 50 18mo copies, from an edition limited to 100, old catalogue clipping mounted on front pastedown, original roan-backed pink boards, uncut, a little rubbed, Ballantine & Byworth, 1811 § Desbordes-Valmore (Marceline) L'Atelier d'un Peintre. Scènes de la Vie Privé, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, light foxing, contemporary half calf, spines in gilt & blind, small paper labels at foot, a little rubbed, Paris, 1833, 18mo & 8vo (3) *** The first is a scarce edition of Fenelon's dialogues concerning the fine arts. A further 40 copies were issued on large paper and 10 on coloured paper. Library Hub cites only 3 copies of which the Oxford and RA copies are on blue and pink paper respectively.

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Books and Works on Paper
Thursday, November 26
01:00 PM
4 Ingate Pl, Nine Elms
SW8 3NS London, United Kingdom

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