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Binding.- Déroulède (Paul) Le Premier Grenadier de France La Tour d'Auvergne Étude biographique, half-title, colour plates, illustrations, original printed wrappers bound in, contemporary embossed calf by Joseph Henry, lavishly decorated in gilt and red with Japanese motifs and characters, upper joint starting but holding, corners worn, rubbed, small 8vo (binding 161 x 121mm.), Paris, Georges Hurtel, 1886.

⁂ A highly unusual and rare binding reflecting the vogue for Japonaiserie in the artistic circles of Paris.

Lot 80

Binding.- Déroulède (Paul) Le Premier Grenadier de France La Tour d'Auvergne Étude biographique, a highly unusual and rare binding reflecting the vogue for Japonaiserie, Paris, Georges Hurtel, 1886.  

Hammer Price: £550

Description

Binding.- Déroulède (Paul) Le Premier Grenadier de France La Tour d'Auvergne Étude biographique, half-title, colour plates, illustrations, original printed wrappers bound in, contemporary embossed calf by Joseph Henry, lavishly decorated in gilt and red with Japanese motifs and characters, upper joint starting but holding, corners worn, rubbed, small 8vo (binding 161 x 121mm.), Paris, Georges Hurtel, 1886.

⁂ A highly unusual and rare binding reflecting the vogue for Japonaiserie in the artistic circles of Paris.

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