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IMPORTANT COLLECTIVE EDITION IN PART ORIGINAL.

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IMPORTANT COLLECTIVE EDITION IN PART ORIGINAL.

Very complete of the woodcut vignette after H. Monnier on the false titles and of the 4 engraved plates printed on China, without text after Devéria, H. Monnier and Tony Johannot.

"This fine and excellent edition is generally the most sought-after of the majority of first-edition enthusiasts." (Clouzot)

The three-volume In-12 format edition, published simultaneously by the same publisher, is less sought-after.

CHARMING COPY IN AN ELEGANT PERIOD BINDING.

Paris,A. Boulard,1830.2 volumesIn-8, Bound,128 x 210 mm,555 and 510 pp.

Bound in contemporary style, cherry half calf, spine ribbed and richly decorated with fillets, gilt and cold pressed fleurons, marbled edges. Two notebooks uniformly browned as always.

Bio

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, born in Douai on 20 June 1786 and died in Paris on 23 July 1859.

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