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The Estate of Peter H. Tillou | Day 2

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 689

33 Leatherbound Books, French Court History

Estimate: $600 - $1,000

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including: [Secret Court Memoirs], including the memoirs and correspondence of royals and court figures such as Marie Antoinette, Princess Josephine, Louis XIV, and others, London: The Grolier Society, circa 1900s, lettered K of 26 lettered copies, 17 volumes (of 20), signed "Zaehnsdorf 1912" binding, bound in full tan and dark blue leather, covers with gilt ruling and corner cartouches with floral decoration, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, five raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, aeg; [The French Court and Society] by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (Lady Jackson), London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881, two volumes (complete), in full maroon signed leather binding, covers with gilt ruling, gilt lettering to spines, five raised bands, green silk endpapers, aeg; [Lady Jackson's Works], London: The Grolier Society, circa 1899, Edition Artistique, number 21 of 150 copies, 14 volumes (complete), bound in three quarter red 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, scattered scuffs and scratches to leather, some bumped corners, scattered light staining throughout