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Empress Eugenie's Library, Edouard Merlieux: "Les...

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Empress Eugenie's Library, Edouard Merlieux: "Les Princesses russes prisonnières au Caucase - Souvenirs d'une Française captive de Chamyl", E. Dentu éditeur Paris, 1860, 2nd revised and enlarged edition; stamp of the Empress's library; beautiful blue morocco binding, with laces around the boards, with the figure of the Empress Eugénie: "E" decorated with cherubs bearing a shield with the eagle and two others bearing the imperial crown; counter boards with gilt friezes; beige carpet endpapers, spine signed: "GRUEL", gilt edges; 18 x 12 cm. (Minor wear to the spines). Second-Empire period. Very good condition.

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