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LELOIR, Maurice (1853-1940). Une Femme de Qualité au Siècle Passé. Paris: Jean Bouffod, Manzi, Joyant & Cie, 1899.
2o (394 x 319 mm). 87 color plates and text leaves by Maurice Leloir (last leaf detached). Contemporary red morocco gilt, spine elaborately gilt-decorated in six compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, red morocco inner dentelles, silk brocade linings by Blanchetière-Bretault, original wrappers bound-in (some light rubbing). Provenance: George Walter Vincent Smith (bookplate, library stamp on front wrapper).
LIMITED EDITION, number 26 of 200 copies. Divided into 10 sections with separate title-pages and frontispieces, each section recounts an aspect of life for an aristocratic French woman in the 18th century and is accompanied by charming illustrations by Leloir.
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LIMITED EDITION, number 26 of 200 copies. Divided into 10 sections with separate title-pages and frontispieces, each section recounts an aspect of life for an aristocratic French woman in the 18th century and is accompanied by charming illustrations by Leloir.
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