GAVARNI. Pearls and Sets. Sets. Jewels. Fantaisie. Text - Lot 100

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GAVARNI. Pearls and Sets. Sets. Jewels. Fantaisie. Text - Lot 100
GAVARNI. Pearls and Sets. Sets. Jewels. Fantaisie. Text by deMéry. Mineralogie des Dames. Histoire de la Mode by Cte Foelix. Paris, De Gonet, Martinon et Madame Veuve Janet ; Leipzig, Twietmeyer, s.d. [1850]. 2 large volumes in-8, blue percaline boards, boards and spines decorated with gilded gilt and mosaic plates, gilt edges (publisher's binding). ORIGINAL EDITION AND FIRST PRINTING: 2 frontispieces and 31 (16 + 15) steel-engraved plates by Geoffroy after Gavarni, printed on chine appliqué. COPY WITH THE PLATES PRINTED ON VELIN PAPER, FINELY COLORED, IN BEAUTIFUL PINK PAPER FRAMES CUT INTO LACE. The reunion of the two volumes with the engravings with lace margins is quite rare to encounter; it is exceptional when these are also preserved in the publisher's beautiful polychrome cartonnage, as is the case here.
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