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COVERS. Important set of 19th century book covers. There...

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[COVERS]. Important set of 19th century book covers. There are a total of 24 different covers in color, all matted. Among the titles are: - "Cent jours de la vie d'un Grand homme" by Victor Adam (ed. Aumont, 1833, with lithograph by Victor Adam), - "Album de l'Artiste et du Conteur" by Devéria (ed. Dupin, 1839, lithograph by Devéria), - "Contes fantastiques" by Hoffmann (ed. Lavigne, 1843, illustrations by Garvarni. Freckles), - "Un été à Paris" by Jules Janin (éd. Curmer, 1844), - "La Bonne étoile" by François Fertiault (éd. Desesserts, 1845), - "Trésor des fèves et fleurs des Pois" by Charles Nodier (éd. Blanchard, 1853, vignette by Tony Johannot), - "Scènes du jeune âge" by Sophie Gay (ed. Librairie Nouvelle, 1857), - "Le Royaume des enfants" by Mme Molinos-Lafitte (ed. Librairie Nouvelle, 1859), - "Légendes des sept péchés capitaux" by Collin du Plancy (éd. Plon, 1864), - " Les Zigzags d'un curieux " by Octave Uzanne (éd. Quantin, 1888), - " ŒUVRES CHOISIES " by Willette (éd. Simonis Empis, 1901, cover made for the Société les XX), etc . Some traces of folds. Attached the prospectus for "Un autre monde" by Grandville, also presented under matting (copy unbound, folds and small tears).