La Femme jugée par les grands écrivains des deux sexes. Paris, Simon, 1846. In-8, brown percaline, large decorative gilt plate in a cold frame, spine decorated, gilt edges (publisher's boards). 15 English portraits engraved on steel. Minor tear to spine.
GALERIE DE FEMMES célèbres tirée des Causeries du Lundi by M.
de Sainte-Beuve. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1859. In-8, black percaline, large mosaic arabic plate on the first cover and the spine, large fleuron on the second, gilt edges (publisher's binding). 12 portraits engraved with burin after drawings by G. Staal. Cardboard signed Lenègre. First plate bleached, spotting. Occasionally heavy brown spots.
JANIN (Jules). La Bretagne. Paris, Ernest Bourdin, s.d. [1844]. Large in-8, green percaline, large plate representing a personification of Brittany on its throne on both covers, spine decorated with the coat of arms of
Brittany, gilt edges (publisher's cardboard).
Title-frontispice and 19 steel-engraved out-of-text figures after
Bellangé, Gigoux, Isabey, Morel-Fatio, Daubigny, 4 plates of coats of arms and 8 plates of costumes coloured, a map of Brittany out-of-text.
Somewhat faded boards.
KEEPSAKE. - La Pervenche. Livre des Salons. Paris, Ve Louis Janet, s.d. [1848]. Large in-8, dark grey chagrin, large decorative gilt plate with flowering vase on the first board, cold spandrels, spine decorated with plate, large flowering vase on the spine, gilt edges (Publisher's binding).
12 English engravings on steel, texts by Émile Deschamps,
Des Essarts, Alexandre Dumas, etc.
MICHELANT. Faits mémorables de l'Histoire de France. Paris, Aubert,
Didier, 1844. In-8, blue percaline, title in a frame bearing a helmet and arms. On the back, large gilt plate with the Charter of 1830, spine decorated, smooth edges (publisher's boards). Frontispiece after Beaucé and 120 woodcuts after Victor Adam. Spine faded.
PELLICO (Silvio). Mes Prisons. Paris, Charpentier, 1843. In-8, navy blue percaline, large cathedral plate on the first cover, cold framed, spine decorated, large fleuron on the spine, gilt edges (publisher's boards). Frontispiece printed on chine and 25 woodcuts outside the text after Tony Johannot, and vignettes in the text.
First edition.
PITRE-CHEVALIER. Bretagne et Vendée. Paris, W. Coquebert, s.d.
[1845]. In-8, percaline with mosaic decoration, framed with the arms of Brittany and Vendée, spine decorated, gilt edges (publisher's cardboard). 200 vignettes on wood signed A. Leleux, O. Penguilly and
Tony Johannot, and 40 plates out of text, including 7 of coats of arms.
Publisher's boards decorated with a plate signed by Lenègre. Some foxing.
SOUVESTRE (Émile). Le Monde tel qu'il sera. Paris, Coquebert, s.d.
[1846]. In-8, light brown percaline, plate signed Haarhaus, different on each plate, spine decorated, gilt edges (publisher's cardboard).
80 vignettes in the text and 10 woodcuts outside the text, after Bertall, Penguilly and Saint-Germain. A few small tears at the spines
Together 8 volumes
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