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MERY, Joseph (1797-1866). Un mariage de Paris. Paris: Gabriel Roux and Cassanet, 1849.
2 volumes, 8° (209 x 125mm). With half titles. (A few leaves browned.) Contemporary diced half russia, spines titled in gilt (joints starting, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Alexander II of Russia (bookplate and stamp in each volume; pencilled shelf-mark '53/4').
ALEXANDER II'S COPY, FROM THE PALACE LIBRARY AT TSARSKOE SELO, with his bookplate in each volume. Méry later co-wrote the libretto for Verdi's 'Don Carlos'. First published in Brussels in 1848. Ivask, vol. 1, ill. 5. (2)
2 volumes, 8° (209 x 125mm). With half titles. (A few leaves browned.) Contemporary diced half russia, spines titled in gilt (joints starting, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Alexander II of Russia (bookplate and stamp in each volume; pencilled shelf-mark '53/4').
ALEXANDER II'S COPY, FROM THE PALACE LIBRARY AT TSARSKOE SELO, with his bookplate in each volume. Méry later co-wrote the libretto for Verdi's 'Don Carlos'. First published in Brussels in 1848. Ivask, vol. 1, ill. 5. (2)
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