MALHERBE (François).

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MALHERBE (François).
Poetry, followed by a selection of his letters. New edition, with variants and notes. Paris, Janet et Cotelle, 1824. Large in-8, contemporary binding in long-grained aubergine morocco, boards decorated with a large gilt frame and mosaic of lemon, red and green morocco pieces in the form of squares, rosettes and palmettes with cold fleuron in the inner corners, spine decorated with a very fine gilt decoration with small irons and mosaic in the same tones, ornamented cuts and inner return, gilt edges (Vogel). Beautiful edition printed on vellum paper by Jules Didot l'aîné, decorated with a copper-engraved portrait of the author after Du Moustier, printed on chine appliqué. Magnificent mosaic binding signed by Vogel, one of the masters of the genre in the Romantic period. From the library of Dominique Courvoisier, with bookplate (Collection d'un bibliophile, 2018, n° 132).
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