Lot n° 81
Estimation :
1500 - 1800
EUR
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Result
: 2 500EUR
DAVILLIER (Baron Ch.). L'Espagne, illustrated with 309 woodc - Lot 81
DAVILLIER (Baron Ch.). L'Espagne, illustrated with 309 woodcuts by Gustave Doré. P., Hachette, 1874. Gr. in-4, full gel. in blue morocco, ornate spine, dec. on boards, inner dent. gilt (Hardy).
FIRST ISSUE: 310 woodcut vignettes, 132 of them full-page, without text on verso. (Leblanc, pp. 81-82).
ONE OF THE VERY FEW COPIES ON CHINA PAPER, IN A FULL CONTEMPORARY BINDING,
SIGNED, with the figure of M. Templier, the publisher's son-in-law.
Provenance :
- Bibliothèque V. de la Fortelle (bookplate).
ONE OF THE FINEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS BY GUSTAVE DORE. PROBABLY UNIQUE IN THESE CONDITIONS.
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