SAINTINE (Joseph-Xavier Boniface, dit).

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SAINTINE (Joseph-Xavier Boniface, dit).
La Mythologie du Rhin, illustrated by Gustave Doré. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1862. Large in-8, half red morocco with corners, spine ribbed with gilt filleting, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (V. Champs). First edition and first printing. 165 compositions, including six full-page woodcuts after Gustave Doré. "This charming and pleasant work can be read and looked at with profit. The compositions are of exquisite finesse, of the purest line and of the most delicate feeling" (Leblanc. Catalogue of the engraved work of Gustave Doré). Nice copy.
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