Joséphine Impératrice et Reine
Features
Author: Frédéric Masson
Publisher: Goupil & Cie
Place of printing: Paris
Year of publication: 1899
Product Condition:
Elegant half leather binding with marbled corners and plates, title and noble coat of arms on the spine with 5 raised bands, in good condition: slight peeling on the caps and on the edges of the plates. Gilded head cut, traces of dust on the cuts. Ex-libris of Prince Constantin Radziwill on front pastedown. Well preserved leaves, slightly browned, with scattered blooms and pale brown spots, located above all along the margins and more intense on the first and last leaves. Texte en Français
Pages: (6), 270
Format: Fourth
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 35
Width: 25
Description
Fine example of the series of historical biographies published by Goupil & C.ie at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, illustrated by 41 splendid engravings (8 as headers and endings of the individual chapters and 33 on plates on strong paper protected by tissue paper speaker) and a color engraving on the frontispiece of Gerard's portrait. At the Colophon: Il a été tiré de ce livre Douze cents exemplaires Sur papier véin des Manufactures de Marais. Example no. 819. Our copy is further enhanced by an illustrious provenance: as evidenced by the beautiful Ex Libris of Prince Constantin Radziwill and the noble coat of arms on the spine, it comes in fact from the library of the Chateau d'Ermenonville.
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