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Published by Paris: Librairie de la Noblesse et des Beaux-Arts. no date [c. 1880]., 1880
First Edition
No edition stated, but presumed first edition (hardback). Folio (41cm x 32cm), [vii], 40pp, 100 colour plates (collated complete), each accompanied by a page of text. Recently rebound in quarter grey morocco, grey cloth boards, burgundy title label to the spine, top edge gilt. This book was formerly in a reference library, with a discreet blindstamp to the margins of each plate, and there is some light chafing to the edges of the preliminary pages; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. Text in French.
Published by Librairie de la Noblesse et des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1880
Hardcover. Red library buckram. Top edge gilt. 38 pp + 100 pp + 100 color plates. In French. Oversize. Beautiful and intricate plates featuring decorative patterns and designs, enhanced with gold and silver. Good (Ex-lib. with usual marks and two perforation stamps on title page. Plates still bright, intact, and complete, but the lower right corner of each is marked with a very small library ink stamp. Small tears, edgewear and chipping to some plates, mostly affecting margins. Text clean. Covers wearing, somewhat soiled and separating from binding at hinges.).