ST. PETER'S BARN GARDEN. Paul and Virginia. Paris, Curmer, 1838. Large in-8°, half black chagrin, decorated spine with nerves (contemporary binding). Copy with some characteristics of the FIRST PRINT: the nine lines on page LII as well as the medallion of Orrin Smith in cul-de-lampe at the end of the table of large vignettes. An ornate title, 29 hors-texte on glued china, including a frontispiece and a colour map of the Île-de-France region, all woodcut, seven steel-engraved portraits of LAFFITTE, T. JOHANNOT and MEISSONIER, and 450 figures engraved in the text. Some freckles.
Estimate
€80 - €100
Buyer's premium
0%
ST. PETER'S BARN GARDEN. Paul and Virginia. Paris, Curmer, 1838. Large in-8°, half black chagrin, decorated spine with nerves (contemporary binding).
Copy with some characteristics of the FIRST PRINT: the nine lines on page LII as well as the medallion of Orrin Smith in cul-de-lampe at the end of the table of large vignettes.
An ornate title, 29 hors-texte on glued china, including a frontispiece and a colour map of the Île-de-France region, all woodcut, seven steel-engraved portraits of LAFFITTE, T. JOHANNOT and MEISSONIER, and 450 figures engraved in the text. Some freckles.
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Friday 31 January・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 16 - Hôtel Drouot
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75009 Paris