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POMPADOUR, Marchioness of. Memoirs. London, 1766. 2 vols. -- MAINTENON, Madame de. Memoirs. London, 1757. 5 vols. Together 7 vols. uniformly bound. 12o. Blue straight-grained morocco gilt, T. Leonard Ellis coat-of-arms stamped in gilt, g.e. Provenance: T. Leonard Ellis (bookplate). -- SUE, Eugène. The Wandering Jew. London, 1844. 3 vols. 8o. Frontispiece and many plates. Red half morocco gilt and marbled boards, t.e.g. -- WALLACE, Lew. Ben-Hur. New York, 1892. 4 vols. 8o. Frontispiece and facsimile ALS. Half-morocco gilt and marbled boards, t.e.g. LIMITED EDITION numbered 168 of 350 copies. -- MALORY, Sir Thomas. W. Russell Flint, illustrator. Le Morte Darthur. London, 1927. 8o. Red morocco gilt with black and tan shield motif inlaid, g.e. -- and 15 other leather bindings, v.p., v.d., (conditions vary). (26)
Sale room notice
This lot includes only the books by the Marchioness of Pompadour and Madame de Maintenon. The total count is 7, not 26 as stated in the catalogue. The revised estimate is $300-500.