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GONCOURT, Edmond de (1822-96) & Jules de GONCOURT (1830-70). L' Amour au Dix-Huitième Siècle, Paris: E. Dentu, 1875. Small 4° (178 x 135mm). Half title, etched frontispiece, title and text within wood-engraved border throughout (occasional light spotting and browning). Contemporary green half morocco gilt, spine gilt with bow and arrow motifs in compartments, top edges gilt, original upper wrapper bound in (extremities lightly rubbed, spine faded). Provenance: Alfred & Blanche de Curzon (armorial bookplate).
With 36 other French books finely-bound in vari-coloured morocco or calf gilt including F. A. de Chateaubriand's Atala (Paris, 1877, ONE OF 50 COPIES, VERY FINELY-BOUND BY CAMBOLLE-DURU), Eugène Muller's La Mionette (Paris, 1885, ONE OF 1,000 COPIES, VERY FINELY-BOUND BY CHAMPS), D. Jouaust's Les Quinze Joyes de Mariage (Paris, 1887, illustrated by Adolphe Lalauze, ONE OF 215 COPIES), Maxime du Camp's Une Histoire d' Amour (Paris, 1888, ONE OF 700 COPIES, plates in 3 states), J. Michelet's Thérèse & Marianne (Paris, 1891, ONE OF 400 COPIES) and Théophile Gautier's Le Petit Chien de la Marquise (Paris, 1893, ONE OF 500 COPIES).
A selection of the bindings is illustrated on Plate IV. (37)
With 36 other French books finely-bound in vari-coloured morocco or calf gilt including F. A. de Chateaubriand's Atala (Paris, 1877, ONE OF 50 COPIES, VERY FINELY-BOUND BY CAMBOLLE-DURU), Eugène Muller's La Mionette (Paris, 1885, ONE OF 1,000 COPIES, VERY FINELY-BOUND BY CHAMPS), D. Jouaust's Les Quinze Joyes de Mariage (Paris, 1887, illustrated by Adolphe Lalauze, ONE OF 215 COPIES), Maxime du Camp's Une Histoire d' Amour (Paris, 1888, ONE OF 700 COPIES, plates in 3 states), J. Michelet's Thérèse & Marianne (Paris, 1891, ONE OF 400 COPIES) and Théophile Gautier's Le Petit Chien de la Marquise (Paris, 1893, ONE OF 500 COPIES).
A selection of the bindings is illustrated on Plate IV. (37)
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