BINDING. – Pierre de NOLHAC. Louis XV et Madame de Pompadour. Paris:

BINDING. – Pierre de NOLHAC. Louis XV et Madame de Pompadour. Paris: Goupil & Cie., 1903. Limited edition, this being one of 100 copies on Japon, 4to (311 x 238mm.) Hand-coloured frontispiece, plates in 2 states, sepia and black and white, armorial bookplate to front pastedown. (Toned, marginal damp-staining to frontispiece.) Publisher’s blue crushed morocco with Louis XV’s coat-of-arms in the centre with elaborate lace border, gilt by Durvand, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (toning to upper cover).

Estimate:£300

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