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GRESSET, Jean Baptiste Louis (1709-77). Ver-Vert. Poème en quatre chants, Paris: chez les Marchands de nouveautés, 1832. 8°, engraved frontispiece, title in 2 states, 4 plates by C. Monnet. 19th-century green half morocco, spine decorated in gilt, top edges gilt (extremities lightly rubbed).
With 41 other French books finely-bound in vari-coloured morocco and calf gilt including Benjamin Constant's Adolphe (Paris, 1889, ONE OF 100 COPIES), Emile Bergerat's L' Espagnole (Paris, 1891, illustrated by Daniel Vierge, ONE OF 500 COPIES, VERY FINELY-BOUND BY J. WECKESSER), Jules Claretie's La Corde (Paris, 1901, illustrated by Charles Jouas, NO. 28 OF AN UNSTATED LIMITATION, VERY FINELY-BOUND BY RIVIERE), Marc Leclerc's La Passion de Notre Frére le Poilu (Paris, 1917, ONE OF 500 COPIES), Anatole France's Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame (Paris, 1924, illustrated by Maurice Lalau, ONE OF 1,500 COPIES) and the same author's La Légende des Saintes Oliverie et Liberette (Paris, 1924, illustrated by Gistave-Adolphe Mossa, ONE OF 25 COPIES WITH THE PLATES IN 4 STATES). (42)
With 41 other French books finely-bound in vari-coloured morocco and calf gilt including Benjamin Constant's Adolphe (Paris, 1889, ONE OF 100 COPIES), Emile Bergerat's L' Espagnole (Paris, 1891, illustrated by Daniel Vierge, ONE OF 500 COPIES, VERY FINELY-BOUND BY J. WECKESSER), Jules Claretie's La Corde (Paris, 1901, illustrated by Charles Jouas, NO. 28 OF AN UNSTATED LIMITATION, VERY FINELY-BOUND BY RIVIERE), Marc Leclerc's La Passion de Notre Frére le Poilu (Paris, 1917, ONE OF 500 COPIES), Anatole France's Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame (Paris, 1924, illustrated by Maurice Lalau, ONE OF 1,500 COPIES) and the same author's La Légende des Saintes Oliverie et Liberette (Paris, 1924, illustrated by Gistave-Adolphe Mossa, ONE OF 25 COPIES WITH THE PLATES IN 4 STATES). (42)
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