DESLYS, Charles

DESLYS, Charles. DES ESSARTS, Alfred. ROSTAING, Jules. Recess hours. Paris, Librairie Louis Janet, Widow L. Janet & Magnin, [1856]. Blue percaline binding, richly gilt decorative with gilt title on the front cover, spine ornamented, large centerpiece on the back cover, gilded edges. 236 pp. 23.5 x 16.5 cm. Plaque signed Liebherre on the front cover depicting a sword duel between two children and children leaving the boarding school at recess to go fishing or hunting, in a fine ornamental frame. Work illustrated with ten fine vignettes drawn by Hadamard and lithographed in two tones. Title vignette and headers. Foxing throughout the text and along the margins of the engravings. Beautiful freshness of the binding.

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