Decaris - Les Vies des Hommes Illustres - 1967

Plutarch – The Lives of Illustrious Men (3 volumes) Editions du Club du Livre / Philippe Lebaud, 1967. PRIVILEGED COPY, OUT OF TRADE (H.C.) WITH DOUBLE DEDICATION FROM ALBERT DECARIS Provenance: Library of Alphonse Camier. Print run: Privileged Out-of-Trade Edition (H.C.) enriched with the justificative stamp. Exceptional autograph inscriptions: Enriched with three original signed manuscript dedications by master engraver Albert Decaris (present in each of the 3 volumes, including one on the half-title page). Physical description: 3 volumes (approximately 28.5 x 22.5 cm). Publisher’s full brown leather binding stamped in period style, spine and boards with richly ornate decoration. Complete with its original cases and inner guards. Illustrated with numerous original burin engravings by Albert Decaris. Condition: Interior of remarkable freshness, bindings and inner guards very well preserved.

Estimate:£126.92

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