French Language in Fine Bindings, 7 vols.
Updated September 24, 2026
| Lot number | 97 |
| Estimate | 600.00 - 900.00 USD |
| Auction | Fall Rare Books, Manuscripts, Historical Prints, & Ephemera |
| Date | October 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM EDT |
| Auction house | Quinn's Auction Galleries |
| Location | Falls Church, Virginia |
1. ESCHOLIER, R. Versailles. Paris: Editions Alpina, 1937. 8vo. Profusely photo illustrated. Full modern brown morocco with scored-line design to covers, spine lettered gilt, t.e.g., silk doublures, hand-painted endpapers, stiff board slipcase. 2. BUSSY-RABUTIN. Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules. Paris: Éditions Athêna, 1949. 8vo. Erotic color plates and additional illustrations by Derambre, text within decorative borders. Contemporary half-orange calf over vellum, spines gilt lettered and decorated, t.e.g. Boards slightly bowed, extremities rubbed. No 297 of 920 copies on Rives B.F.K. paper. 3. BÉRAUD, HENRI. Au Capucin Gourmand, Paris: La Revue Française, 1928. 8vo. With 12 lithographed plates by Libis. Contemporary black and tan morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., original decorated wrappers bound in. 4. LA GRAMMAIRE DES STYLES. L'Art Grec et L'Art Romain [and] Le Style Louis XIII. Paris: Librairie d'Art R. Ducher, 1925. 2 volumes. 8vo. Illustrated throughout. Quarter green morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt lettered, marbled endpapers, original illustrated wrappers bound in. Spines faded. 5. SOUBIES, ALBERT. Histoire de la Musique Allemande. Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies, 1895. 8vo. Illustrated. Quarter brown calf over marbled boards, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, large gilt armorial device of Lycee Corneille to upper cover, marbled endpapers and edges. 6. Tableau de Moeurs Au Dixième siècle, ou La Cour et les Lois de Howel-le-Bon. Paris: Crapelet, 1832. 8vo. Half crimson morocco over marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. Scattered foxing. TOGETHER, 7 volumes.
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