Paris: Gruel & Engelmann, 1862. 5 x 6. CXCII pages, each richly illuminated by chromolithography in colors and gold + 12 full page illustrations, and terminal pages to record family births, marriages, etc. Each leaf is tipped to a hinge, allowing the book to be opened flat. Bound by Gruel..... More
Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, (1874). 4 1/2 x 6. (xvi), 516, 48 pages. Deep brown morocco, red morocco doublures gilt, all edges gilt. Signed by the binder Auguste Petit; rear doublure signed by the finisher Wampflog. In quarter leather & marbled board chemise and matching repaired slipcase. These have..... More
Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, (1884). 4 1/2 x 6. (xvi), 516 pages, printed in black & red. Bound by Lesort in full polished aubergine morocco, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt over marble, moire endpapers. Front doublure has owner's gold monogram and the date "7 Juin 1886." Fine copy in..... More
Lyon, 1886 (on title page) but 1887 in colophon. 6 1/2 x 6 3/4. (6), 43, (1) gray silk pages woven on a loom in gray and black silk with finished sheets (two pages) doubled and mounted on pieces of card to strengthen them. The French text is set in..... More
