French History in Fine Bindings, 7 vols.

Updated September 24, 2026

1. GAUTIER, PAUL. Madame de Stael et Napoléon. Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1903. 8vo. Heliogravure frontispiece. Half-green morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, original pale blue endpapers bound in. Provenance: Théodore Lefévre (engraved bookplate). 2. COMMANDANT MULLER. Joffre et La Marne. Paris: G. Crès, 1931. 8vo. Plates. Crimson morocco-backed marbled boards, spin gilt, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, original printed wrappers bound in. 3. SAINT-RENÉ TAILLANDIER, Mme. Madame de Maintenon. Paris: Hachette, 1923. 8vo. Plates. Tan morocco-backed marbled boards, spine lettered gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. 4. MADELIN, LOUIS. Le Consulat et L'Empire, vol 2, 1809-1815. Paris: Hachette, 1933. 8vo. Tan morocco-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spine rubbed. 5. CHAMPION, PIERRE. Le roi Louis XI. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1936. 8vo. Half crimson calf and marbled boards, spine lettered gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. Inscribed by the author. 6. DE LA FAYETTE, MADAME. La Princesse de Clèves. Paris: Émile-Paul Frères, 1942. 8vo. Color illustrations. Half red morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. Rubbed, some cracking to upper hinge. 7. LENOTRE, G. La Captivité ete La Mort de Marie-Antoinette. Paris: Perrin, 1910. Brown calf-backed marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt and black, morocco labels lettered in gilt, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Rubbed and shelfworn. TOGETHER, 7 volumes.

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