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Printed on vellum.- Regnier (Mathurin) Oeuvres, number 1 of only two copies printed on vellum, from an edition of 171, half-title with justification verso, etched portrait frontispiece by Félix Braquemond, wood-engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, frontispiece browned and loose, narrow area of staining to inner gutter of title, occasional spotting or light foxing, but generally clean, attractive dark blue crushed morocco, gilt, by Reimann-Domont, covers with supralibros of Isidoro Fernandez, g.e., 12mo, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1869.

⁂ A handsome edition of the works of this French satirical poet.

Provenance: JFT; Isidoro Fernandez, sold Christie's 20th March, 2013 'Library of a Spanish Bibliophile', lot 418 (bookplates).

Description

Printed on vellum.- Regnier (Mathurin) Oeuvres, number 1 of only two copies printed on vellum, from an edition of 171, half-title with justification verso, etched portrait frontispiece by Félix Braquemond, wood-engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, frontispiece browned and loose, narrow area of staining to inner gutter of title, occasional spotting or light foxing, but generally clean, attractive dark blue crushed morocco, gilt, by Reimann-Domont, covers with supralibros of Isidoro Fernandez, g.e., 12mo, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1869.

⁂ A handsome edition of the works of this French satirical poet.

Provenance: JFT; Isidoro Fernandez, sold Christie's 20th March, 2013 'Library of a Spanish Bibliophile', lot 418 (bookplates).

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