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MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS (121-180). The Thoughts, London: George Bell and Sons, 1890. 8°, half title, title printed in red and black. Finely-bound in crushed scarlet morocco by Ramage, the covers with a border of 8 gilt fillets, spine gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: Alfred de Curzon (armorial bookplate). NUMBER 57 OF 100 COPIES.
With 41 French works in 55 volumes, bound in morocco gilt, including Fenelon's Les Aventures de Télémaque (Paris, 1783, 4 vols., engraved plates), Théophile Gautier's Le Capitaine Fracasse (Paris, 1884, 2 vols., illustrated by C. Delort, ONE OF 150 COPIES), Alphonse Daudet's La Défense de Tarascon (Paris, 1886, finely-bound in dark green morocco by Chambolle-Dury, PRESENTATION COPY TO THE BINDER) and Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan's Mémoires ... sur la vie privée de Marie-Antoinette (Paris, 1910, 2 vols., illustrated by A. Lalauze, finely-bound in blue morocco by Bickers, ONE OF 300 COPIES). (56)
With 41 French works in 55 volumes, bound in morocco gilt, including Fenelon's Les Aventures de Télémaque (Paris, 1783, 4 vols., engraved plates), Théophile Gautier's Le Capitaine Fracasse (Paris, 1884, 2 vols., illustrated by C. Delort, ONE OF 150 COPIES), Alphonse Daudet's La Défense de Tarascon (Paris, 1886, finely-bound in dark green morocco by Chambolle-Dury, PRESENTATION COPY TO THE BINDER) and Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan's Mémoires ... sur la vie privée de Marie-Antoinette (Paris, 1910, 2 vols., illustrated by A. Lalauze, finely-bound in blue morocco by Bickers, ONE OF 300 COPIES). (56)
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