LIVRE D'AMOUR ou folastreries du vieux tems. Paris,... - Lot 190 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

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LIVRE D'AMOUR ou folastreries du vieux tems. Paris,... - Lot 190 - Pierre Bergé & Associés
LIVRE D'AMOUR ou folastreries du vieux tems. Paris, Janet, s.d. (1821). In-12, contemporary binding in long-grained lavaliere morocco, boards decorated with a cold garland framed with gilt fillets with interior corner fleurons and central rosette, spine decorated with arabesques and gilt fleurons, interior lace, gilt edges. First edition. Illustrated engraved title and six engravings outside the text, nicely coloured after drawings by Auguste Garneray: portraits of Clément Marot, Clotilde de Surville, François I, Charles d'Orléans, Alain Chartier and Thibaut de Champagne. Collection of poems by Alain Chartier, Baïf, Marot, Coquillart, François I, etc. "Nice book from the Romantic period, to be looked for in the beautiful binding with arabesques announced in the catalogue Janet" (Carteret, III, p. 391). A delightful copy, very finely and elegantly bound in decorated morocco, the most desirable condition. Some light foxing.
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