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The Estate of Peter H. Tillou | Day 2

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 685

28 Leather Bound Books, French Literature

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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including: [The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas] by John Baptiste Louvet De Couvray, London: Privately Printed, 1898, number 27 of 100, four volumes (complete), bound in full green leather, covers with blindstamped and gilt ruling and fleur de lis decoration, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, five raised bands, interior board in green, brown, and red leather with gilt ruling and central armorial cartouche, brown moire endpapers, five raised bands, aeg; [The Works of Alphonse Daudet], Boston/New York: Little, Brown/Croscup and Sterling, 1890-1898, number 88 of 100, 24 volumes (complete), bound in full tan leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, teg

Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut

Condition

light wear to extremities, minor scuffs and staining to leather, scattered light staining throughout