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ENVOI DE HAUTEVILLE, M. Histoire de Zénobie. Empress-queen...

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ENVOI DE HAUTEVILLE, M. Histoire de Zénobie. Empress-queen of Palmyra. Paris, Frères Estienne, 1758. 1 vol. in-12. Full contemporary calf, gilt arms in the centre of the boards, triple gilt fillet, ornamented spine, tan morocco title-piece. Envoi de Hauteville is in fact the pseudonym of the Jesuit priest Joseph Jouve (1701-1758). >Copy of Jean-Joseph de Bourguignon-Bussière (1721-18..) with his motto: "Contra Hostem Surrectus". O.H.R. pl. 2245. Edge-marginalized, reaching the margin of some leaves.

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