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LOT 2213
General Books - Louis XV et Marie Leczinska
1900 A.D.
13 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. (3.44 kg, 34.5 x 26.3 cm).
Pierre de Nolhac - text and illustrations - Paris, 1900, 2 vols. in original cloth-covered slip case, 189pp.; handmade paper, coloured frontispiece, numerous tissue- guarded tinted plates, limited edition of 100 copies (present unnumbered marked as 'offert'); text pages uncut. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
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Property of an Essex gentleman.