LEMAIRE, Joseph (1782-1834). Le dentiste des dames. Paris: Foucault, 1812.
LEMAIRE, Joseph (1782-1834). Le dentiste des dames. Paris: Foucault, 1812.
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LEMAIRE, Joseph (1782-1834). Le dentiste des dames. Paris: Foucault, 1812.

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LEMAIRE, Joseph (1782-1834). Le dentiste des dames. Paris: Foucault, 1812.

12° (135 x 85mm). Engraved frontispiece after Gautier, engraved portrait of Lemaire by Bouchardy. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco, covers centered with the gilt arms of Elizaveta Alekseevna, within a scrolling floral border, the spine paneled in gilt, green moiré silk doublures, gilt turn-ins. Provenance: Elizabeth Alekseevna, Empress Consort of Russia (1779-1826; binding, Tsarskoe Selo stamp) -- Gilhofer & Ranschburg (sold, 1932, no. 413) -- William Doyle Galleries (sold, 1998, no. 60).

FIRST EDITION, IN A FINE BINDING FROM THE TSARSKOE SELO LIBRARY OF ELIZABETH, Empress Consort of Alexander I, born Princess Louise of Baden. This treatise on dental care enjoyed some popularity and saw four further editions in the twenty years that followed.

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