Les Femmes du Temps Pass�.

HOUSSAYE, Ars�ne

Published by Paris: Morizot., 1863

Condition: Used - Fine Hardcover

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Full red morocco, 10 1/2 inches tall. A spectacular binding by Jean-Baptiste Tinot with gilt raised bands and delicate gilt tooling with green calf onlays to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. First edition with 20 steel engraved portraits with somewhat browned tissues. This work celebrates the lives of 20 famous 18th century women, including Madame de Pompadour, Madame du Chastelet and Marie-Antoinette. With a couple of marks to the binding and a little foxing to the plates but overall a fine and impressive binding. In the original French.

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Title: Les Femmes du Temps Pass�.
Publisher: Paris: Morizot.
Publication Date: 1863
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine

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Nick McConnell has been dealing in fine books, in particular those in their original leather bindings for over thirty five years. His stock, containing no 'recently' rebound volumes, is second to none in terms of quality and quantity. McConnell Fine Books operate from The Golden Hind Bookshop which has been selling fine old books since 1972. This picturesque seventeenth century building is on the seafront at Deal, famous for its literary associations and seafaring history. We are open by appointment. McConnell Fine Books exhibit at the top London and Paris antiquarian book shows.

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