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TILLIER, Claude (1801-44). Mon Oncle Benjamin, Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1881. 2 volumes in one, large 8° (245 x 160mm). Additional coloured titles, half titles, wood-engraved illustrations by Sahie (first coloured title lightly stained). Finely-bound in contemporary green crushed morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, top edges gilt (head of upper joint split, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Alfred & Blanche de Curzon (armorial bookplate). ONE OF 700 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 13 OF 50 ON JAPON.
With 16 other French illustrated leather-bound books including La Fontaine's Fables (Tours, 1875, ONE OF 332 COPIES), Laurence Sterne's Voyage Sentimental en France et en Italie (Paris, 1884, illustrated by Maurice Leloir), Alfred de Musset's La Mouche (Paris, 1892, illustrated by A. Lalauze, NO. 96 OF 200 COPIES), Charles Duc d' Orléans' Recits de Campagne (Paris, 1892, NO. 21 OF 30 COPIES) and Ludovic Halévy's Mariette (Paris, 1893, illustrated by Henry Somm, NO. 55 OF 400 COPIES). (17)
With 16 other French illustrated leather-bound books including La Fontaine's Fables (Tours, 1875, ONE OF 332 COPIES), Laurence Sterne's Voyage Sentimental en France et en Italie (Paris, 1884, illustrated by Maurice Leloir), Alfred de Musset's La Mouche (Paris, 1892, illustrated by A. Lalauze, NO. 96 OF 200 COPIES), Charles Duc d' Orléans' Recits de Campagne (Paris, 1892, NO. 21 OF 30 COPIES) and Ludovic Halévy's Mariette (Paris, 1893, illustrated by Henry Somm, NO. 55 OF 400 COPIES). (17)
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