{"title":"List No. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eA selection for the festive season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView the catalogue in \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Liste N°2 de la Librairie Alexis Noqué - Décembre 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/ijzhx\/slrn\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(4, 41, 89);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePDF format here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"journal-en-miettes","title":"Journal en miettes","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIONESCO Eugène. 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Full red morocco, double gilt fillet on covers, gilt decorations on covers, smooth spine with grotesque decorations, gilt stippling on edges, gilt edges, Greek-style inner border, blue tabis endpapers (\u003cem\u003econtemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery handsome illustrated edition, with a frontispiece portrait of Boileau after Rigaud and another frontispiece portrait by Saint-Aubin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis edition is usually illustrated with 6 hors-texte figures engraved after Desenne - all present in volume 2. A suite of \u003cstrong\u003e6 engravings after Moreau inserted in volume 2\u003c\/strong\u003e has been added to our copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the first edition with commentaries by M. Amar that Quérard describes as ‘recommendable’. 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