REF. 0951

Le Roi des montagnes. - Trente et Quarante. - L'Homme à l'oreille cassée. - Le Nez d'un notaire

Edmond About
Publisher
L. Hachette
Place
Paris
Date
1857-1862
Format
In-8 (187 x 124 mm)
Binding
Lortic
Collation
(3) ff., 301 pp., (3) ff. ; (2) ff., 343 pp., (2) ff. ; (3) ff., 277 pp., (1) f. ; (2) ff., 209 pp., (1) f.
Language
French
Century
19th century
Distinctive features
From the libraries of Rose Ney d'Elchingen (1871-1939), Duchess of Camastra, and Simone André Maurois

Condition report

Very good

€1 200
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ABOUT, Edmond. Le Roi des montagnes. - Trente et Quarante. - L'Homme à l'oreille cassée. - Le Nez d'un notaire.
Paris: L. Hachette, 1857-1862.

Octavo (187 x 124 mm), 4 volumes: Le roi des montagnes: (3) ff., 301 pp., (3) ff., spine and original wrappers preserved; Trente et Quarante: (2) ff., 343 pp., (2) ff., spine and original wrappers preserved; L'homme a l'oreille cassée: (3) ff., 277 pp., (1) f., spine and original wrappers preserved; Le nez d'un notaire: (2) ff., 209 pp., (1) f., spine and original wrappers preserved.
Lemon half-morocco with corners, spine with raised bands, compartments decorated with an owl tool and a monogram, red morocco title label, top edge gilt (M. Lortic).

Very rare first editions, which made Edmond About's fortune and have outlived him.
No large-paper copies were printed of these editions.

Spines sunned, a few small spots; a very handsome set.
From the libraries of Rose Ney d'Elchingen (1871-1939), Duchess of Camastra - granddaughter of Marshal Ney - and Simone André Maurois; their ex-libris.