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LOT 2246
General Books - Le Faust
1847 A.D.
10 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (1.17 kg, 27.5 x 19 cm).
Goethe - Faust (in French translation) - Paris, 1847, hardback with cloth covers, gilding to edges, 373 pp. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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